Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support (nonsegment mode support)

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zeugswetter Andreas OSB SD <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)s-itsolutions(dot)at>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support (nonsegment mode support)
Date: 2008-03-19 09:51:12
Message-ID: 20080319095112.GB11286@svana.org
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 09:38:12AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Another factor I just thought of is that tar, commonly used as part of a
> backup procedure, can on some systems only handle files up to 8 GB in size.
> There are supposed to be newer formats that can avoid that restriction, but
> it's not clear how widely available these are and what the incantation is to
> get at them. Of course we don't use tar directly, but if we ever make large
> segments the default, we ought to provide some clear advice for the user on
> how to make their backups.

By my reading, GNU tar handles larger files and no-one else (not even a
POSIX standard tar) can...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
> boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.

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