Re: [DNQ] Large files?

From: Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 08:41:57 EST


On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 09:31:58PM -0700, Chris Hessing wrote:
> I have gone through a bunch of the old archives, and found that several
> times, in several places, the issue of large (>2 gig) files has come up.
> However, this still seems to be an issue. I have worked a little with the
> LFS patches, and had minor success. Does anyone know/have a filesystem
> that will support these larger files? (Oh, this is in an Intel platform...
> PPro)
>
> I am working on a video server project, but in most cases, the files are
> larger than 2 gigs... Any help would be appreciated!

        You want to do it easy ?
        Pick RedHat 6.2beta.

Just remember to use
        -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
defines, and you should be set to use the LFS stuff per its spefications.

        http://www.sas.com/standards/large.file/

> ----------
> Chris "Spanky" Hessing University of Utah Marriott Library
> Lead Network Analyst Academic Computing and
> EMail : chris@aclis.utah.edu Library Information Services

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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