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Re: 2G tmpfile of sort


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: 2G tmpfile of sort
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:43:54 -0600
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Please keep replies on the list, so that we can ensure this is resolved.

According to Chun Cui on 9/20/2006 10:24 AM:
> Hello,
> Ah!I use Linux(Debian-unstable), version of sort is 'sort 5.93'.
> 
> Intel CPU, 2GB Memory
> coreutils                         5.2.1-2
> gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060122 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.5-2)
> kernel-2.6.15 with xfs
> 
> but the compiled version is coreutils-5.97.
> maybe the version of my coreutil is too old.
> 
> The error message is:
> [1]+  File size limit exceeded nohup sort -S 800M -T ./
> 
> the TempFile created by 'sort' is just 2GB, so i think maybe sort can
> not create tempfile > 2GB. the newest version of coreutil i have not
> tested. ;-(

Paul Eggert checked in a gnulib patch today that tries to address your
problem, which appeared to still be present even in the latest 6.2
tarball.  So you would have to test a CVS build to see if it resolves your
problem.

> 
> Bye!
> 
> Chun Cui
> 

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