In Linux maximum file size is 2GB.

How old is the Linux you are using? Looking here does not suggest that you would run into such a limit.

Also, I guess your problem is not compressing the files (because compressing would make them smaller anyway), but creating an archive of the compressed files. Since you can separate these steps (first compressing, then archiving), the question is whether we have an archive module where you can fix the maximum size of the archive created. I don't think there is (it's a pretty special requirement), but you can easily add up the file sizes yourself, can't you?

BTW, how does tar react if you just stuff into it file after file until the result would exceed the allowed maximum file size? Did you try this?

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Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>

In reply to Re: File Compression by rovf
in thread File Compression by selva

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