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Thanks Markus,
=20
> > I fear that it is the kernel (cygwin engine) that can't manage file
> > greater than 4GB.
> >
>=20
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_file_format#Technical_information
>=20
> The above entry would rather suggest it is a limitation of zip itself.

I know that this is no the right place where to ask for a solution to
the large files limitation, but have you any idea of how to setup my
cygwin environment so that I can zip also files greater than 4GB?

Thanks,

rocsca

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