tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends with "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range 0..2147483647"

Title: tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends with "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range 0..2147483647" Hi, I got a gzipped tar file that was created on a Solaris machine that contains the backup of a larger database. The file contains an item that is arou

RE: tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends with "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range 0..2147483647"

Title: RE: tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends with "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range 0..2147483647" > Right - cygwin doesnt support files larger than 2 gigs. > it would be nice to have this documented (at least in the FAQ) I couldnt find it ther