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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:35:13 +0000 Received: from DM6PR06MB4714.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([fe80::dd77:f2c0:4392:82d0]) by DM6PR06MB4714.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([fe80::dd77:f2c0:4392:82d0%6]) with mapi id 15.20.2581.007; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:35:13 +0000 From: Jason Mancini To: "bug-gzip@gnu.org" Subject: bug: "gzip -l" truncates reported decompressed size to 32 bits Thread-Topic: bug: "gzip -l" truncates reported decompressed size to 32 bits Thread-Index: AQHVvPSAeU2Ptsg+XkKo6vYC03yYiw== Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:35:13 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-incomingtopheadermarker: OriginalChecksum:719A320D3EC4322609CC27E2A0A4DD190130F915DDEFFC101134659982301750; UpperCasedChecksum:776D00C628A77BC387D1D6AB3FE288E2718ADB6F430612D8E811A0562CF86ECF; SizeAsReceived:6751; Count:42 x-tmn: [7zgacPfb6WNgC1dFrkTLcmr6hgubF34g] x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-incomingheadercount: 42 x-eopattributedmessage: 0 x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: 799678d4-3c86-41cf-01c2-08d78b0c465f x-ms-traffictypediagnostic: BN3NAM04HT188: x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0; 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28 Dec 2019 16:36:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58820 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ilF4p-0004dk-QP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:36:32 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35505) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ilF4o-0004dY-9I for 38766@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:36:30 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35399) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ilF4i-0007d8-SS; Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:36:24 -0500 Received: from 147.red-176-84-57.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([176.84.57.147]:33044 helo=[192.168.1.2]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ilF4h-0005XV-UK; Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:36:24 -0500 Message-ID: <5E07849C.3030508@gnu.org> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:36:44 +0100 From: Antonio Diaz Diaz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Mancini Subject: Re: bug#38766: bug: "gzip -l" truncates reported decompressed size to 32 bits References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 38766 Cc: 38766@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Jason Mancini wrote: > # zcat backup.bin.gz | wc -c > 67,645,849,600 > # gzip -l backup.bin.gz > compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name > 9,458,450,396 3,221,340,160 -193.6% backup.bin This is a known limitation of the gzip format, and is documented in the m= anual: http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html#Invoking-gzip "The gzip format represents the input size modulo 2^32, so the uncompress= ed=20 size and compression ratio are listed incorrectly for uncompressed files = 4=20 GiB and larger. To work around this problem, you can use the following=20 command to discover a large uncompressed file=E2=80=99s true size: zcat file.gz | wc -c" Best regards, Antonio. 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