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Re: Cygwin support for large files
Quoting Rocco Scappatura <Rocco.Scappatura@infracom.it>:
I fear that it is the kernel (cygwin engine) that can't manage file
greater than 4GB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_file_format#Technical_information
The above entry would rather suggest it is a limitation of zip itself.
regards,
Markus
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