GNU bug report logs - #24910
RE : File size limitation for gzip

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: "Raja, Subhashini X" <subhashini.raja <at> verizon.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 16:51:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: "Raja, Subhashini X" <subhashini.raja <at> verizon.com>
To: "bug-gzip <at> gnu.org" <bug-gzip <at> gnu.org>
Subject: RE : File size limitation for gzip
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 07:11:56 -0500

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Team ,
                Please let me know the maximum file size that can be compressed using gzip,



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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Raja, Subhashini X" <subhashini.raja <at> verizon.com>,
 24910-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24910: RE : File size limitation for gzip
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 13:10:45 -0800

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.
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From: Mark Adler <madler <at> alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> CS.UCLA.EDU>
Cc: "Raja, Subhashini X" <subhashini.raja <at> verizon.com>,
 24910-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24910: RE : File size limitation for gzip
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 15:07:09 -0800

To be clear, gzip itself imposes no limit on the file size whatsoever. It is infinite. The system it is running on will, of course, impose it's own limits.

> On Nov 9, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> CS.UCLA.EDU> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
>
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