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Re: find: .: Value too large for defined data type
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Tim Waugh |
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Re: find: .: Value too large for defined data type |
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Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:20:57 +0000 |
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On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 07:23:53PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> I have seen that error often for programs (not find but other random
> programs) compiled without largefile support when accessing large
> files. 'largefiles' being defined as files >2GB in size. I feel
> certain that must be a factor here.
The find(1) binary in question is built with large file support, and a
local NFS test with files larger than 2GB did not reproduce the
problem.
> The poster shows this on an NFS mounted filesystem. Largefiles and
> NFS together. The double whammy! So there are several possibilities.
> One is that it is mounted with NFSpv2 which has no support for large
> files. In that case completely outside of the program it is not
> possible to stat a largefile. You need to have the system mounted
> with NFSpv3 to get largefile support.
Good point, forgotten that. I'll see if that's it.
> Even with NFSpv3, programs still cannot stat the file successfully
> unless they were compiled as largefile aware programs. Can you verify
> that find is largefile aware?
Already have.
Tim.
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