also sprach Eric N. Valor (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:07:30PM -0700): > I keep getting this message while trying to access a (presumably) very > large file. It's a tarball restored from tape. I can't do anything more > than "ls". Even "ls -l" bombs with the message "Value too large for > defined data type". > > What can I do about this?
cat /dev/null > filename took me a while to find that out myself. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "god is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." -- voltaire
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