gzipping large (2+ gb) files. - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

LordJezo · #1 01-22-2007

Is it possible?

I am trying to do it with gzip 1.2.4 and it comes back saying the file type is too large.

Any way to compress massive things?

hshapiro · #2 01-23-2007

The newest version of gzip (at least 1.3.3) supports files greater than 2 GB.

matrixmadhan · #3 01-23-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordJezo

Is it possible?

I am trying to do it with gzip 1.2.4 and it comes back saying the file type is too large.

Any way to compress massive things?

I had a similiar situation to compress files of size more than 3 GB files.
Best way I would suggest is to write a custom utility probably in langauge standards.

But I say maintenance is tedious.

But that was very useful hence forth.

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