Cygwin support for large files

Markus Hoenicka markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de
Mon Oct 12 14:47:00 GMT 2009


Quoting Rocco Scappatura <Rocco.Scappatura@infracom.it>:

> I fear that it is the kernel (cygwin engine) that can't manage file
> greater than 4GB.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_file_format#Technical_information

The above entry would rather suggest it is a limitation of zip itself.

regards,
Markus


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