Re: NetBSD tar and large files.

[Ian Clark <mrrooster%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 10 September 2010 15:10, Sad Clouds 
<cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:25:57 +0100
> Ian Clark <mrrooster%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> I thought NetBSD used ustar format with 8GB limit:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Formats.html
>
I think it does, however I think that limit applied to individual
files in the tar, rather than the tar itself. I've had it choke on
really big files before (over 8gig), I think I ended up using rsync
instead.

Cheers,

Ian