tar's problem
 

Hi all,

I have a folder which has a size of 7GB. I was tarring it, it failed saying size exceed.
what is the maximum can tar take?

thank you for your time and assistance

Wow... 7 GB doesn't sound like too much to tar. I've made much bigger. Are you possibly running out of space on the partition that your tar file is being made? What command are you using to tar your folder?

Most likely you are hitting a file size ulimit. Here's an interesting article I found on tar:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=25116

You could be running out of space on the partition where the tar file is being created, or you could be out of space where a temporary file is being created during the tar process. Certainly, the destination needs to have enough space to hold the tar file. If you haven't specified a location, the partition you're on must be able to hold at least twice the volume you're tarring: the original, and the tar file.

thank you all for replying,

I checked the destination; it looks fine..there are still alot of space left. but this error keep coming up: "File size limit exceeded"

I found this in another forum... I hope it helps you.

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