Big file strategy for star: According to Posix 1003.1-1988, a 12 byte numeric field contains 11 octal digits and a space or a null. 1) Use unsigned 33 bit values conforming to Posix to allow 8 GB Filesize. 2) Set the top bit of theleftmost byte in the field and use base '256' digits to allow 95 bit values inside 12 byte fields and 63 bit values inside 8 byte fields. 3) Use POSIX.1-2001 extended headers to have values without any limit. Files in type 2) and 3) will not be extractable with other tar implementations. Any files 'behind' such a file cannot be accessed. Files of type 1) may be extractable with other implementations.