When I use root to tar up some filesystems in AIX 4.3.3 ML10, for those files with 9GB or more will return "File too large" and fail to tar that files. fsize already set = -1. Any help?
tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
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tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by yeung_kenneth » Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:40:16 GMT
Re: tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by Andreas Schulze » Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:58:44 GMT
"Kenneth" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > schrieb im Newsbeitrag Hi Kenneth, this "problem" has been discussed in this group before quite often. AIX tar cannot handle files bigger than 2 Gig. Use gnu-tar or aix-backup/restore. Regards, Andreas
Re: tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by Ron Hardin » Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:36:09 GMT
AIX seems to be seriously underprogrammed, eg. grep: 0652-226 Maximum line length of 2048 exceeded. I can't even begin to imagine what sort of programmers they're using. ``Hmm, this ought to be big enough. Pointers are so confusing.'' -- Ron Hardin XXXX@XXXXX.COM On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
Re: tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by RobH » Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:44:12 GMT
to AIX tar aix-backup/restore. IBM didn't write grep, awk, sed etc and are probably using some version of the original code under licence. It's probably SCO's fault. Why they haven't removed some of the historical boundary conditions I don't know but I stopped worrying about it by using the GNU equivalents, if and when necessary.
Re: tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by Andreas Schulze » Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:25:54 GMT
"RobH" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > schrieb im Newsbeitrag Hallo, quote from man tar (from the 5.1 commands reference): "The tar command is not enabled for files greater than 2 Gig in size due to limitations imposed by XPG/4 and POSIX.2 standards." Thus AIX tar works as designed, it's a feature and not a bug. Regards, Andreas
Re: tar file with size 9GB returns "File too large"
by Jose Pina Coelho » Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:43:48 GMT
Actualy, when POSIX was created (defined) someone decided that a text line in POSIX could not be more than 2048 - a clear violation of the unix philosophy. AIX happens to be POSIX-compliant. -- Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque activity available at the time. Eagerly awaiting my thin chocolat mint.
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