Thanks, Paul.
And somebody's pointed out to me that the allowed input range is
0,99999999999 (93 Gb).
Thanks!! :)
Aleksey
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Paul Krizak <paul.kri...@amd.com> wrote:
> Well since cfengine edits the file in memory and then does a comparison
> to the on-disk version before making commits, presumably you should be
> careful to not edit any files larger than the free memory on your system.
>
>
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> On 08/29/2011 06:16 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
>> Found this under max_file_size:
>>
>> A local, per-file sanity check to make sure the file editing is
>> sensible. If this is set to zero, the check is disabled and any size
>> may be edited. The default value of max_file_size is determined by the
>> global control body setting, See editfilesize in agent, whose default
>> value is 100k.
>>
>> So my only question now is just how big files can cfengine handle?
>>
>> Best,
>> -at
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin
>> <atsaloli.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I just tried to use CFEngine to edit /etc/services and it refused:
>>>
>>> !! File /etc/services is bigger than the limit edit.max_file_size =
>>> 362149> 100000 bytes
>>> File /etc/services was marked for editing but could not be opened
>>>
>>> I found the file size is configurable -- is there anything to watch
>>> out for in bumping this up? Why is there a limit?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Aleksey
>>>
>>>
>>> Reference manual states:
>>>
>>> 5.2.17 editfilesize
>>>
>>> Type: int
>>>
>>> Allowed input range: 0,99999999999
>>>
>>> Default value: 10000
>>>
>>> Synopsis: Integer limit on maximum text file size to be edited
>>>
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> body agent control
>>> {
>>> editfilesize => "120k";
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Notes:
>>>
>>> The global setting for the file-editing safety-net (this value may be
>>> overridden on a per-promise basis with max_file_size, See
>>> edit_defaults in files. The default value for editfilesize is 100k.
>>> Note the use of special units is allowed, See Datatypes in CFEngine 3,
>>> for a list of permissible suffixes.
>>>
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