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Re: [Bug-tar] tar fails for large files( size > 2 GB )
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: amarnath dot sharma at sanovi dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 07:37:43 -0600
- Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar fails for large files( size > 2 GB )
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According to Amarnath Sharma on 5/8/2007 7:13 AM:
> Hi Eric,
> I tried cygwin tar 1.16.
I find that strange, since cygwin tar is at 1.16.1, not 1.16.
> Its doing fine as far as big file(> 2GB) is
> concerned and "-" stdout option is also working fine, but -T option is
> giving problem.
> error details
> ===============
> C:\testbed\cygwintar\panacesFileReplicator\temp>tar -cvf - -T
> Testfile.tmp
> tar: file1.txt\r: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> tar: file2.txt\r: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
That's because you are using CRLF line endings, but told cygwin that you
wanted a binary mount. Use d2u on Testfile.tmp to get rid of those
spurious CRs.
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Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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