Subject: Re: bug#24910: RE : File size limitation for gzip
From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
To: "Raja, Subhashini X" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 13:10:45 -0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 11/09/2016 04:11 AM, Raja, Subhashini X wrote:
> Team ,
>                  Please let me know the maximum file size that can be compressed using gzip,
>
>
It depends on your system. The typical limit nowadays is 2**63 - 1, 
i.e., 9223372036854775807 bytes. Not that we've tested it.