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diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 077fbee..6462e7b 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -655,11 +655,21 @@ class TarInfo(object):
"""Construct a TarInfo object from a 512 byte string buffer.
"""
tarinfo = cls()
- tarinfo.name = nts(buf[0:100])
+ tarinfo.name = nts(buf[0:100])
tarinfo.mode = int(buf[100:108], 8)
tarinfo.uid = int(buf[108:116],8)
tarinfo.gid = int(buf[116:124],8)
- tarinfo.size = long(buf[124:136], 8)
+
+ # There are two possible codings for the size field we
+ # have to discriminate, see comment in tobuf() below.
+ if buf[124] != chr(0200):
+ tarinfo.size = long(buf[124:136], 8)
+ else:
+ tarinfo.size = 0L
+ for i in range(11):
+ tarinfo.size <<= 8
+ tarinfo.size += ord(buf[125 + i])
+
tarinfo.mtime = long(buf[136:148], 8)
tarinfo.chksum = int(buf[148:156], 8)
tarinfo.type = buf[156:157]
@@ -689,16 +699,28 @@ class TarInfo(object):
def tobuf(self):
"""Return a tar header block as a 512 byte string.
"""
- name = self.name
+ # Prefer the size to be encoded as 11 octal ascii digits
+ # which is the most portable. If the size exceeds this
+ # limit (>= 8 GB), encode it as an 88-bit value which is
+ # a GNU tar feature.
+ if self.size <= MAXSIZE_MEMBER:
+ size = "%011o" % self.size
+ else:
+ s = self.size
+ size = ""
+ for i in range(11):
+ size = chr(s & 0377) + size
+ s >>= 8
+ size = chr(0200) + size
# The following code was contributed by Detlef Lannert.
parts = []
for value, fieldsize in (
- (name, 100),
+ (self.name, 100),
("%07o" % (self.mode & 07777), 8),
("%07o" % self.uid, 8),
("%07o" % self.gid, 8),
- ("%011o" % self.size, 12),
+ (size, 12),
("%011o" % self.mtime, 12),
(" ", 8),
(self.type, 1),
@@ -1236,7 +1258,11 @@ class TarFile(object):
tarinfo.linkname = normpath(tarinfo.linkname)
if tarinfo.size > MAXSIZE_MEMBER:
- raise ValueError, "file is too large (>8GB)"
+ if self.posix:
+ raise ValueError, "file is too large (>= 8 GB)"
+ else:
+ self._dbg(2, "tarfile: Created GNU tar largefile header")
+
if len(tarinfo.linkname) > LENGTH_LINK:
if self.posix: