tape restore for file over 2 gb

[chesterc]

i'm trying to restore a file off my tape backup. The file is over 2 gb. Tar won't extract the file since it has a 2 gb limitation. Any ideas?

 

[xmario2013]

have you tried winrar

http://www.rarlab.com/otherfmt.htm

is this some file have extension tar ? or do you mean the archival program ?

 

[chesterc]

i'm using Aix 4.3.3. Tar is the program used to create the archive. I'm just having a bit of problem extracting the file off my archive.

I used "tar xvf filename" to extract but it failed. I've set the ulimit to unlimited but that didn't help at all.

Is there a way for me to use tar to extract and compress the file at the same time? Thanks in advance.

 

[comtec17]

Have you tried to use the split command?

 

[chesterc]

I haven't tried the split command yet. Care to show me how to use the split command in conjunction with tar.

Say for example,

my tape is on /dev/rmt1
the file on the tape is... /dsk1/filename