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#238 (ZIP) Not compress large file

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2012-12-07
2004-06-09
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large_file.dat - size 4.5Gb

Run:
7za.exe a -tzip large_file.zip large_file.dat

Error:
7-Zip (A) 3.12 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov
2003-12-10
Scanning

Creating archive large_file.zip

System error:
Not implemented

Discussion

  • Igor Pavlov

    Igor Pavlov - 2004-06-09

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    Current version of 7-zip doesn't support such file for zip
    format.

     

  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Nobody/Anonymous - 2004-06-16

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    when i am not wrong then:

    4 GB is a hard limit with ordinary Zip files and so it can't be
    supported when trying to be compatible with the normal zip-
    format.

     

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