wgstevens@dahlia.uwaterloo.ca (Warren Stevens) (03/17/91)
Hello, I am trying to uncompress very large tar files, required for the gnu compiler and TeX. Whenever i get to about the 2 meg area, whatever program I am using dies with the error message "File too large". I know that the error is not related to the program, because it happens when i use either uncompress or cat. I have tried it on different filesystems, and that too makes no difference. I am running Interactive 386/ix. Does anyone know what i can do to eliminate the 2Mb file size restriction, or at least make it higher? Warren Stevens wgstevens@dahlia.uwaterloo.edu
gill@boris.mscs.mu.edu (Max Headroom) (03/22/91)
wgstevens@dahlia.uwaterloo.ca (Warren Stevens) encounter a problem that has been solved before: >I am trying to uncompress very large tar files, required for the gnu compiler >and TeX. Whenever i get to about the 2 meg area, whatever program I am >using dies with the error message "File too large". I know that the >error is not related to the program, because it happens when i use >either uncompress or cat. I have tried it on different filesystems, >and that too makes no difference. > Try zcat file.tar.Z >temp.tar and then take it from there. This should work (read: It has worked for me). If you still get an error, then maybe your disk is filling up. Ulimit strikes here? The zcat trick should work for files of arbitary size. And I saw it used to answer a similar question here a few weeks ago. cheers -dicky gill (Violator) -gill@boris.mscs.mu.edu