noting problems with VERY large files w/ some utilities

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Mon Jan 27 17:59:00 GMT 2003


Heitzso wrote:
> I'm trying to work with a 22G (yes, gigabyte) and have
> noticed problems with
> ls (wrong file size, significant over report)
> tail (doesn't catch end of file)
> I don't know about other utilities, but I wanted to get
> these reported ....
> 
> BTW, I greatly appreciate CYGWIN.

Well known issue. Cygwin does not support >2GB files.



Max.


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