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Old 05-02-2005
Need to gzip LARGE files

The windows version of gzip supports pretty much unlimited file sizes while the one we have in solaris only goes up to a set size, one or two gigs I think.

Is there a new version of gzip I can put on our systems that supports massive file sizes?
LordJezo
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Old 05-02-2005
unix filesystems impose max file size limits. That what you are seeing? Does your solaris sytem support 64 bit addressing (so called LARGEFILES )?

Our version of gzip is sensitive to that limit.
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Old 05-02-2005
I believe the gzip project has exe that can handle >2GB files.

http://www.gzip.org/#faq14

Just scroll down for the exe files.
 
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