Bug 55912 - compress command can not compress 2g datafile
Summary: compress command can not compress 2g datafile
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: ncompress
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-11-08 17:17 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-11-08 17:23:35 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-11-08 17:17:54 UTC
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Description of problem:
The file NLDV.0111071919 is 2.3g when I compress it I got the 
followingmessage
 $ compress NLDV.0111071919 

read error onNLDV.0111071919: Value too large for
defined data type

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I use gzip , it works, it create a *.gz file, but when I use gunzip to
extract the gz file, it failed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.compress filename (filename's size is above 2g)
2.
3.or gzip filename

	

Actual Results:  It can not compress 2g file.

Expected Results:  It can compress any size file .
for gzip, as it zip a file , I should use gunzip to unzip the file.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-11-08 17:23:29 UTC
Please try choosing the correct component when reporting a bug.


Comment 2 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2001-11-08 17:25:43 UTC
RHL 6.2 doesn't have large file support - Red Hat Linux 7.1 and later does. 7.2
is recommended.


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