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RE: LARGE FILE SUPPORT for tar in cygwin


On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Vijaykumar Rajendra Rao wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using cygwin version 1.3.6 on my windows 2003 server platform. I
> heavily rely on the tar application provided by cygwin. I know that the
> current version of tar that I am using is not able to read file sizez
> greater than 2GB. Is there any newer version of tar which is available in
> cygwin which supports file sizes greater than 2GB ??? I heavily rely on
> this application to work...  Please let me know if there is any other way
> I can compile tar so that it can support file sizes greater than 2GB

This list can not support a Cygwin version *that* out-of-date.  The
current Cygwin version is 1.5.10-3.  Please use the setup program
available at http://cygwin.com to update your installation.  Once you have
done that, I believe your problem will no longer exist.

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Brian Ford
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VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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