Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Size Limit for zip files

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Size Limit for zip files
# 1  
Old 07-03-2008
Size Limit for zip files
Hi,

I am using the jar command to compress a directory. The size of the directory contents is 105 GB. The jar/zip that gets created is approximately 5.5 GB in size. But this file seems to be corrupt when verified using the unzip command.

Is there any limitation for the size of the zip file? Also, can there be any alternatives if there exists a limitation. (Splitting the zip files maybe during creation)

OS - SunOS 5.10

Regards,
Praful.
# 2  
Old 07-03-2008
jar is not zip, jar is tar (sort of).

In other words, if you jar a dir, you need to use tar instead of zip to open it.

But why not use jar again to do the extraction instead?
# 3  
Old 07-04-2008
Well the jar command hangs when I try to extract a large file. I used the verbose option to see if there is any activity going on but there wasn't any. Thats the reason i used unzip to test whether the file is valid.
# 4  
Old 07-04-2008
I'm aware that the original ZIP file format limits the archive file to a maximum size of 4GB however I've been unable to find documentation from Sun that states the JAR file format is limited to a maximum file size of 4GB or that the JAR file format is based on the original ZIP file format and not the ZIP64 file format.
# 5  
Old 07-06-2008
If it's a filesize limit, stream it:
Code:
jar --x - < filename.jar

 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

How can we Zip multiple files created on the same date into one single zip file.?

Hi all i am very new to shell scripting and need some help from you to learn 1)i have some log files that gets generated on daily basis example: i have abc_2017_01_30_1.log ,2017_01_30_2.log like wise so i want to zip this 4 logs which are created on same date into one zip folder. 2)Post zipping... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: b.saipriyanka
1 Replies

2. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

How can we Zip multiple files created on the same date into one single zip file.?

Hi all i am very new to shell scripting and need some help from you to learn 1)i have some log files that gets generated on daily basis example: i have abc_2017_01_30_1.log ,2017_01_30_2.log like wise so i want to zip this 4 logs which are created on same date into one zip folder. 2)Post zipping... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: b.saipriyanka
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Zip size is different though files are same in ksh88

I'm using Ksh88 . I've last day files in one directory and current month files in another directory , having the same naming convention. Now i need to compare these folders size , if there is no change in these files then no action to be performed else if there is a change then i need to call... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: smile689
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Zip Multiple files to One .zip file in AIX system

Hi I have a requirement in unix shell where I need to zip multiple files on server to one single .zip file. I dont see zip command in AIX and gzip command not doing completely what I want. One I do .zip file, I should be able to unzip in my local Computer. Here is example what I want... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: RAMA PULI
9 Replies

5. Solaris

zip -r <directory> failing due to 2GB limit - Just asking opinion

Hi, Am trying to run zip -r on a 2.4G directory and it is failing with the error below. I believe this is because of the 2G limit of the zip program. server101(oper01)/u01/temp$: date Thu Mar 15 12:53:44 NZDT 2012 server101(oper01)/u01/temp$: ls -l total 8 drwxr-x--x 4 oracle dba ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
1 Replies

6. AIX

ZIP multiple files and also specify size of zip file

I have to zip many pdf files and the size of zip file must not exceed 200 MB. When size is more than 200 MB then multiple zip files needs to be created. How we can achieve this in UNIX? I have tried ZIP utility but it takes a lot of time when we add individual pdfs by looping through a... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tom007
1 Replies

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

file size limit?

hi, how can I find out what the limit of a file size is on unix? thanks (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: JamesByars
6 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

unzip .zip file and list the files included in the .zip archive

Hello, I am trying to return the name of the resulting file from a .zip archive file using unix unzip command. unzip c07212007.cef7081.zip Archive: c07212007.cef7081.zip SecureZIP for z/OS by PKWARE inflating: CEP/CEM7080/PPVBILL/PASS/G0063V00 I used the following command to unzip in... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: oracledev
5 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

can I limit the size of a directory?

Hi, I am not root, but I need to limit the size of my directory, so that it cannot contain more than 200M of stuff inside. Is this possible? Also, how can I see the total size of that directory? If I do ls -ltrd, it does not give me the size of all the files inside the directory. And if I do df... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: JamesByars
6 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Limit Folder Size

Is there a way to limit a certain folder size(e.g. Documents, Desktop)? :) (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tisdmin
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question