Re: tar fails with high number of open file descriptors

[Derk Tegeler]

Many thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Derk Tegeler

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From: "Paul Eggert" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: tar fails with high number of open file descriptors


> > From: Derk Tegeler <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 16:38:31 +0200
> >
> > As a temporary solution I have modified REM_BIAS (512 instead of 128) in
> > rmt.h but wanted to know if it is safe as I do not know of all the
> > implications.
>
> Recent test versions of GNU tar <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/> use
> __REM_BIAS == 1073741824.  I don't recall if other changes were
> required, though.