[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-822668 ] tarfile exception on large .tar files

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Bugs item #822668, was opened at 2003-10-13 13:20
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Johan Fredrik Öhman (johanfo)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: tarfile exception on large .tar files

Initial Comment:
The following exception is thrown when I write a lot of 
data > 10Gb directly to my tapestreamer.  Is this 
normal? 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/metroField/fieldPlugins/Backup.py", line 
184, in run
    self._doBackup()
  File "/usr/local/metroField/fieldPlugins/Backup.py", line 
333, in _doBackup
    arc.close()
  File "/usr/local/metroField/fieldPlugins/Backup.py", line 
533, in close
    self.tf.close()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/tarfile.py", line 1009, in 
close
    self.fileobj.close()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/tarfile.py", line 360, in 
close
    self.fileobj.write(struct.pack("<L", self.pos))
OverflowError: long int too large to convert

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