Hello, 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. in sort.c I have changed here: --------------- .... /* Create the temporary file in a critical section, to avoid races. */ sigprocmask (SIG_BLOCK, &caught_signals, &oldset); fd = mkstemp(file); if (0 <= fd) ..... ------------------ mkstemp(file) -->> mkstemp64(file); The original error message is: [1]+ File size limit exceeded nohup sort -S 800M -T ./ the TempFile created by 'sort' is just 2GB, so i thought maybe sort can not create tempfile > 2GB. The newest version of coreutil I have not tested. ;-( Chun Cui > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Chun Cui on 9/19/2006 10:36 AM: > > hello, > > I sorted a 40GB file with 'sort'. > > I have found,that sort can't create temp file > 2GB.After i changed > > mkstemp to mkstemp64,it works! > > Thanks for the report. Which platform, which compiler, and which > version of coreutils was this? If it is still present in coreutils > 6.2, we would like to get it fixed before 6.3. > _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
