Re: sort 5.93 on Fedora Core 5 exits if intermediate file reaches 2 GB

[Bob Proulx]

Tim Waugh wrote:
> Another remote possibility is that a ulimit came into play, of
> course.

I don't think it is so remote of a possibility.  I have definitely
seen ulimit be unintentionally set forcing this behavior.  I think you
made an excellent suggestion!

Keith Stanley wrote:
> Under Fedora Core 5 (and probably other versions), the program sort
> (version 5.93) exits (without cleaning up temporary files) in any of the
> temporary files reach the size of 2 GB.

What does ulimit say?

  ulimit

If it does not say "unlimited" then try setting it to unlimited and
trying again.

  ulimit unlimited

You probably should check both the soft and hard limits.

  ulimit -Sf
  ulimit -Hf

Bob