[COMPRESS-194] Unable to create a TAR file that contains an entry which is >8 GB in size.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: Archivers

Environment

I am using win xp and Red HatLinux 5.1v, but this should be platform independent.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jessy
• Created: 06/Jul/12 08:48
• Updated: 28/Nov/12 05:57
• Resolved: 07/Jul/12 05:10

Description

The common-compress-1.4.1 api says it supports unlimited file sizes for tar and untar operations. http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/compress/

Only Untar operations on a file > 8GB is fixed,

But creating a tar on a file >8GB is not working.

When I try to do " tarOutputStream.putArchiveEntry(archiveEntry); "
i get the below exception.
java.lang.RuntimeException: entry size '9633985364' is too big ( > 8589934591 )
at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.failForBigNumber(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:572)
at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.failForBigNumbers(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:557)
at org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream.putArchiveEntry(TarArchiveOutputStream.java:297)

Looking for a fix ..