On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 11:49:58PM -0500, Darxus wrote: > So unlike our beloved Unix utilities, winzip CAN seek past 2gb. BUT it > can't untar and unzip at the same time, and since I don't have over 5.2gb > of fat32 storage space, I don't have enough room to extract the .tar that > my .tgz contains to a temp dir. So I still can't get my files. (ARGH) > > Ideas anyone ?
Perhaps you can use the cygnus GNU/Win32 programs to do it under Windows; they might let you do the pipe, or GNU tar would have the z option. Even if ext2fs doesn't support >2Gb files, the libraries and kernel should IMHO let you work with them on file systems that do, eg fat32. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
