Unable to zip or jar 8GB file

[mjsunil]

Hi, we are unable to zip 8GB dbf files or jar cvf in solaris.Anybody encountered similar problem before.
Rdgs-mjs

[Marco Di Ianni]

The tar command is limited for create 2 GB backup file.

Use fbackup-frecover or dd.

[Rick Garland]

Get the GNU tools - the 2GB limit does not apply for the GNU tools

[Muthukumar_5]

We can not use tar to archive files over 2GB margin.

See this discussion for this requirement,
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/14/2002/07/2/25216

[Muthukumar_5]

An effective document for this is over,
http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
We have had this problem with Oracle export files larger than 2GB to zip directly through a pipe ( HP-UX ).
What we do as a workaround :
to zip :
cat filename | gzip > filename.zip

to unzip :
cat filename.zip | gunzip > filename

Same with tar or so.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Ten Ox]

>cat filename | gzip > filename.zip
>to unzip :
>cat filename.zip | gunzip > filename


UUOC:
Is cat absolutely necessary?

gzip < filename > filename.zip
gunzip < filename.zip > filename

same with tar, or any other cli program that
can output to std. out or (usually) to file.

/ts