Thanks Martin, that got it. So yes, running 1.36.x on OS X 10.4.x shows that large file support is enabled.
Erich On Nov 27, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:50:48 -0600, Erich Prinz said: >> >> <snip> >> >> running a status in bconsole (even with -dnn) doesn't yield the >> output you suggest below. Likely a nuance with BSD. > > Older versions of Bacula only report the sizes for debug>0, so try > doing this > first: > > setdebug client level=1 > > __Martin > > >> >>> >>> You can check if a particular client has large file support despite >>> what the >>> configure output says by doing a: >>> >>> status client=xxx >>> >>> in the console. If you get a line such as: >>> >>> Sizeof: off_t=8 size_t=4 debug=0 trace=0 >>> >>> in the output, you have large file support. If it says: >>> >>> Sizeof: off_t=4 size_t=4 debug=0 trace=0 >>> >>> you do not have large file support. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Ubuntu the value for "Large File Support:" was "yes". >>>> >>>> Furthermore, when I tried to re-configure on Mac OS X (being sure >>>> to run >>>> configure a second time after a "make distclean" to clear any >>>> configure >>>> cache), I then explicitly added this configure option: >>>> >>>> --enable-largefile >>>> >>>> But the end result was the same: >>>> >>>> Large file support: no >>>> >>>> What should I do? I will most definitely need to back up and >>>> restore files >>>> that are in excess of 2 GB in size. >>>> >>>> In Bacula, is Large File Support limited to certain file systems or >>>> operating systems? The Mac I tried configuring for is one of the >>>> quite new >>>> Intel iMacs (with Intel Core 2 Dueo "Merom" chip inside and >>>> apparently Merom >>>> is a 64-bit chip and apparently Mac OS X 10.4.x "Tiger" has some >>>> 64-bit >>>> capability but I'm not clear on exactly where the lines are drawn >>>> between >>>> 32-bit and 64-bit in Tiger and on these new iMacs). Would CPU >>>> architecture >>>> in any way affect the outcome of Bacula? >>>> >>>> Might I be in new territory if I am understanding this [1] >>>> document about >>>> Large File System support correctly. Any further suggestions or >>>> comparisons >>>> (Erich?) from people who are running Bacula on Mac OS X (Apple >>>> Intel and >>>> PowerPC)? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> -H >>>> >>>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_file_support >>>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> --- >>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >>> share your >>> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn >>> cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >>> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bacula-users mailing list >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn >> cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
