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Re: problems with large files



> The problem seems to be with all programs that use stat() function calls
> (e.g. ls, cat, but not head). Is this a bug in the C libraries, or am I
> just being stupid? 

File utilities compiled against a newer glibc should work. While
experimenting with XFS I created a 4.5 GB file, ls had no problems with it
but stat(1) did. I'm running unstable (last updated a few months ago).

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Wessel Dankers <wsl@fruit.eu.org>

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