Sailfish X: Maximum single file size limit 2GB!?
asked 2019-03-12 14:21:00 +0200
I've a problem unzipping a file with a final file size of about 2.3 GB onto the internal partition. I checked the partition is mounted as ext4. Hence file sizes larger than 2GB should be not a problem, but unzipping the file always stops at 2GB writing to the disk. I understand that file sizes larger than 2GB on FAT partitions would be a problem.
Has anybody else this problem or can at least confirm it?
Any known workarounds or solutions for this bug? With workaround I don't mean splitting the file, that's not an option, I need the complete file as single one.
ZIP had a limit to 2GB for creating zip files. I guess that limitation does not exist in latest versions, but SFOS might still use an old zip lib(?) Try gzip.
pmelas ( 2019-03-12 15:32:44 +0200 )editThanks for the info. I tried to recompress as 7z, but when I try to uncompress with the file manager (the one through the settings) it just creates the file, but doesn't write anything to the disk. Is there a command line tool available for sailfish? When I try 7z, it only says command not found.
deepblue17 ( 2019-03-15 11:39:34 +0200 )edit7z is not included or installed by default in SFOS, and I am not sure if you can find 7z libs for SFOS, use bz2 or gzip to create the archive initially.
pmelas ( 2019-03-15 14:00:42 +0200 )edit