Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/16/07 09:04, André Wendt wrote: >> Hi, > >> I'm running a benchmark program on Lenny that writes into a file and >> repeatedly exits once the filesize reaches 2,099,204 bytes. This is on ext3. > >> $ ulimit -f >> unlimited > >> $ uname -a >> Linux think 2.6.22-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:24:01 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > >> This doesn't seem to be a problem for other programs. I have a >> VirtualBox snapshot as large as 2,587,808 bytes. > >> Any hints as to what's going on? Please CC me, I'm not on the list. > > 2 megabytes? Computers have been able to create 2MB files for 40 years.
Ah, thanks for mentioning that. Of course it's 2 *GB*, the sizes are in *kilobytes*. I didn't realize 'til I read 'man du'. > So, why are you blaming ext3 when there is *obviously* some other > explanation? > > Like running out of room on the device. I don't think so: $ df -h | grep home /dev/hda7 27G 21G 5,0G 81% /home The message in the subject is what I get before the program exists. It would be different if there's no space. André -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
