It was pointed out that the E flag applies to individual files being archived. So if you're archiving files that are larger than 8GB, then the E flag is required. There is no limit on the size of the archive itself. Sincerest apologies for the hassle. I should obviously have read the man page more carefully. And thanks to those who responded. ---------- Original message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:41:26 -0800 (PST) From: Stanley Laufer <slaufer@slis.sjsu.edu> To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org Subject: Tar archives larger than 8GB In Solaris 10, is the E flag still mandatory when creating tar archives over 8GB? Using Solaris tar, we created a 14GB tar archive without using the E flag for extended headers. However tar didn't complain, and even without the E flag, tar happily continued to create the archive even after it exceeded 8GB. We've untarred the 14GB archive and tested the files, and everything seems to be fine. So our question is: Is the E flag still mandatory when creating tar archives over 8GB? Many thanks in advance for any replies. I'll post a summary. Stanley E. Laufer Network Administrator School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Jan 13 17:03:18 2009
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