[Lynx-dev] File size limitation problem.

[fd0man]

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Hello,

I am not sure if this has been reported as of yet or not, but after 
checking around it *appears* to be a problem with Lynx itself.

I was attempting to download a Slackware DVD (from ftp.slackware.no) and 
Lynx died with the error "File size limit exceeded" after transferring 
1.9999 GB of the file.

'ncftp' on the same system downloaded it just fine, however.  Lynx also 
reported an unknown file size when it transferred.  The file size is 3.03 
GB and other clients report it correctly - with the exception of browsers 
that seem to not be able to download it, either reporting it as nothing or 
a negative number.

I'm guessing that Lynx sees the integer, interprets it as "negative," and 
ignores it.  I have no clue in reality, however, because IANAP, and have 
no clue where to even *begin* to try to figure out what's wrong with this 
situation.

The system is Linux 2.6.10, using the ext3 file system.  As far as I can 
gather from reading the size limit is 2 terabytes, however I only tested 
with 'dd' up to 7 GB.

        Thanks,
        Mike
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