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Is there a file size limitation for System.IO.Compression?

Author
28 Apr 2006 3:30 PM
leo
I know there was a limit of 4gb on for some compression tools.  Does
this limit exist for System.IO.Compression?

Author
30 Apr 2006 6:34 PM
Göran_Andersson
l**@junquera.com wrote:
> I know there was a limit of 4gb on for some compression tools.  Does
> this limit exist for System.IO.Compression?
>

Yes, according to the documentation.

"This class cannot be used to compress files larger than 4 GB."

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.deflatestream(VS.80).aspx

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