GNU bug report logs - #29089
Truncated size of big file

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Alex Peshkoff <peshkoff <at> mail.ru>

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 17804, 30935, 30936, 38766, 42965, 48424, 52227

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Alex Peshkoff <peshkoff <at> mail.ru>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Truncated size of big file
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:59:33 +0300

Before decompressing a copy of database I've decided to take a look at 
it's size:

localhost stg # gunzip -l SWHTOROLT_20171019.GBK.gz
         compressed        uncompressed  ratio uncompressed_name
         3645968323          1782666240 -104.5% SWHTOROLT_20171019.GBK

uncompressed is reported as 1.7Gb which is definitely something unreal 
like -104.5 compress ratio

Actual size after unzip is:

localhost stg # gunzip SWHTOROLT_20171019.GBK.gz
localhost stg # ls -l SWHTOROLT_20171019.GBK
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18962535424 Oct 19 15:59 SWHTOROLT_20171019.GBK

Lickily I've had enough disk space - but let me not attach problematic 
archive to email, I suppose it's easier to reproduce this locally ;)

Alex.
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