R P Herrold wrote:
> 2 G file limit on some Unices
Er, it's really a C/POSIX limitation on 32-bit platforms. 64-bit
platforms like Alpha, Sparc v9 (Ultra), etc... have no such issues.
The work around for 32-bit platforms is known as Large File Support
(LFS). LFS allows 32-bit systems to use 64-bit addressing. The
kernel and system libraries must support it, and the program must be
built against the system libraries for it to work.
The network transport must also support it. E.g., NFS v2 in stock
kernels prior to 2.2.18 only support 32-bit file sizes. 2.2.18+ and
2.4 support NFS v3.
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