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

Previous Next

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24910: closed (RE : File size limitation for gzip)
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 21:11:01 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Your message dated Wed, 9 Nov 2016 13:10:45 -0800
with message-id <b6d71759-e6a8-656d-cb7b-1821d640482b <at> cs.ucla.edu>
and subject line Re: bug#24910: RE : File size limitation for gzip
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #24910,
regarding RE : File size limitation for gzip
to be marked as done.

(If you believe you have received this mail in error, please contact
help-debbugs <at> gnu.org.)


-- 
24910: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24910
GNU Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems

[Message part 2 (message/rfc822, inline)]
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

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]
Team ,
                Please let me know the maximum file size that can be compressed using gzip,



[Message part 4 (text/html, inline)]
[Message part 5 (message/rfc822, inline)]
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.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 196 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.