On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Dale Langham <dale AT dlangham.co DOT uk> 
wrote:

> I am using Ubuntu Server 11.04 (64 bit), BackupPC is at version 3.2.0 and it
> was installed from the standard Ubuntu repo.
> I am having issues downloading backup files using the ZIP option with what
> appears to be files over 8GB in size, the files are downloading OK, but when
> you try to extract them, they say they are corrupt, I can down load a 5GB
> file with no issues and every other option works to either restore or
> download using the TAR option. I have tested using 0 compression all the way
> up to a setting of 9, but no change.
>
> The files are being downloaded to Windows 7 and has been tested on both 32
> and 64 bit platforms, the issue only effects the zip option over about 8GB
> in size.
> Other than this, the system works great.
>
> Any ideas?

I think that is an inherent limit in the zip format or the directory
it uses internally.  I thought it was 4 GB but maybe that was with an
older version or on a 32 bit system.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikeselll AT gmail DOT com

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