Paul Eggert wrote: > "Rich Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to move large files from one filesystem to another and the mv > > command fails with the message "File size limit exceeded". The partial > > destination file is not removed and is 4,294,967,295 bytes in size. > > Most likely that's not a bug in mv; it's a problem with your user > limits. If you're running Bash, type "ulimit -a". mv is subject to > these limits, just like any other program is.
It could also be trying to move the file from e.g. ext2/3 to a brain-dead filesystem (e.g. FAT32) which has a 4GB limit. That's also not something that mv can deal with, it's a limitation of the filesystem that cannot be avoided. Brian _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
