tar file size limitations

Pedro Fernandes Macedo webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br
Wed Jun 16 02:30:49 UTC 2004


Troy Campano wrote:

>How big can a TAR file get?
>I have over 6GB of data I want to back up remotely and want to tar/gzip
>it up first. Can tar handle this?
>
>I'm running FC2 Intel P4.
>
>
>thank you!
>
>~ Troy Campano ~
>  
>
As far as I know, tar files can be as big as the filesystem can handle.... 
Maybe you can do a test , just to be 100% certain...

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Pedro Macedo





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