Re: File Size Limit in /var/spool/mail

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On 12/15/05, John Summerfied <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> >
> > 2GB is the maximum filesize and it's due to limitations in the
>
> That was so until about RHL 7.1.
>
> There are individual programs that cannot handle files larger than 2 Gb,
> and that leads to problems downloading DVD images, but Linux and glibc
> have both been fine with them for years.

[cbell@circe ~]$ bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
1024^3*2
2147483648
[cbell@circe ~]$ ls -l outfile
-rw-rw-r--  1 cbell cbell 3080519680 Dec 16 15:14 outfile
[cbell@circe ~]$

Well I'll be!  Thank you for the correction, John. :-)

--
Chris

"I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford.  I
trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."


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