24GB tar.gz Decompress using sharpziplib

Question

I have a current process to extract tar.gz but the current process can not handle over 4gb... I was wondering what I am doing wrong to cause me to get a error using the sharpzip lib It says that parameter length can not be less that Zero.... All of the commented out code is the current process

Please see the below code and give me direction

public static void ExtractTarGZFiles(string strExtractionPath, string strInboundFolder)
    {
        List<string> files = new List<string>();
        string strFile = Path.GetFullPath(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["InboundFolderPath"].ToString());
        if (mblnRunForFile)
        {
            System.IO.FileInfo ioInfo = new FileInfo(mstrFilename);
            strFile = ioInfo.DirectoryName;
            files.Add(ioInfo.Name);

        }
        else
        {
            files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["InboundFolderPath"], "*.gz").ToList();
        }

        foreach (string file in files)
        {
            try
            {
            //string stFilePath = file;
            //string testingthisdamnthing = strInboundFolder + mstrFilename;
            //FileStream xstream = new FileStream(stFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
            //xstream.Close();
            //string strTemp = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ExtractTempFolderPath"];
            //TarArchive objTA = TarArchive.CreateInputTarArchive(new GZipStream(new FileStream(stFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read), CompressionMode.Decompress));
            //objTA.ProgressMessageEvent += ExtractTarNotifier;
             //objTA.ExtractContents(strTemp);



            //DirectoryInfo dirtemp = new DirectoryInfo(strTemp);
            DirectoryInfo dirExtract = new DirectoryInfo(strExtractionPath);

            Stream inStream = File.OpenRead(stFilePath);
            Stream gzipStream = new GZipInputStream(inStream);

            TarArchive tarArchive = TarArchive.CreateInputTarArchive(gzipStream);
            tarArchive.ExtractContents(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ExtractFolderPath"]);
            tarArchive.Close();

            gzipStream.Close();
            inStream.Close();
            //while (IsFileExistsinTempPath(dirtemp, dirExtract))
            //{
            //    //Do nothing
            //}
            //CopyFilesFromTempToExtract(dirtemp, dirExtract);
            //objTA.Close();
            //Logger.Write(" Tar.Gz files Decompressed Successfully");
            MonthLog.Log("Tar.Gz files Decompressed Successfully", "Month", 3, 2, System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.Information, mstrFilename);
            System.IO.File.Copy(stFilePath, ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ArchiveFolderPath"] + new FileInfo(stFilePath).Name, true);
            File.Delete(stFilePath);
            //Logger.Write(" Tar.GZ files Moved to Archive Folder");
            MonthlyGreenPackageLog.Log("Tar.Gz files Moved to Archive Folder", "Month", 3, 2, System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.Information, mstrFilename);

            }
                catch (System.IO.IOException ex)
                {
                    //go to next file
                    //Logger.Write("Unable to open compressed file");
                    MonthLog.Log("Unable to open compressed file", "Month", 1, 1, System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.Error, mstrFilename);
                    Email objEmail1 = new Email();
                    objEmail1.IsBodyHTML = true;
                    objEmail1.FromAddress = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FromAddress"];
                    string[] strToAddresses = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ExceptionAddress"].Split(',');
                    objEmail1.SetToAddress(strToAddresses);
                    objEmail1.Subject = "The Month  File  " + mstrFilename + " Failed to Decompress ";
                    objEmail1.Body = " Exception " + ex.Message + " occured while decompressing file";
                    //objEmail.AddAttachment("Exception occured while processingfiles");
                    objEmail1.SendEmail();
                    //Logger.Write("Sent a mail to all the Address");
                    throw ex;
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    //Logger.Write("Exception " + ex.Message + " occured while decompressing file");
                    MonthlyGreenPackageLog.Log("Exception " + ex.Message + " occured while decompressing file", "Monthl", 1, 1, System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.Error, mstrFilename);
                    Email objEmail = new Email();
                    objEmail.IsBodyHTML = true;
                    objEmail.FromAddress = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FromAddress"];
                    string[] strToAddresses = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ExceptionAddress"].Split(',');
                    objEmail.SetToAddress(strToAddresses);
                    objEmail.Subject = "The tar.gz Month File  " + mstrFilename + " Failed to Decompress ";
                    objEmail.Body = " Exception " + ex.Message + " occured while decompressing file";
                    //objEmail.AddAttachment("Exception occured while processing ADX files");
                    objEmail.SendEmail();
                    //Logger.Write("Sent a mail to all the Address");
                    throw ex;
                }

            }
        }

Answer 1

I have three potential solutions for you, but I can't tell you whether any of them will actually work.

1. Use the Unzip from Stream example to stream it through memory so you never need to load the whole thing (which is why it fails now).
2. Switch to using DotNetZip, which might have more options for handling large files on an x86 machine.
3. Find a regular unzipper application which can be scripted or that can monitor a directory, and unzip it before it gets to your application.

Answer 2

If you have your application as x86, then you can only have 4GB of memory per process. Compile it as x64 to use more resources.

Answer 3

This is from the ZipLibrary you're using. You need to compile the application as an x64 program and run it on a 64 bit environment.

    // To permit the zip to be unpacked by built-in extractor in WinXP and Server2003, WinZip 8, Java, and other older code,
    // you need to do one of the following: Specify UseZip64.Off, or set the Size.
    // If the file may be bigger than 4GB, or you do not need WinXP built-in compatibility, you do not need either,
    // but the zip will be in Zip64 format which not all utilities can understand.