Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Manish Tiwari
: "Manish Tiwari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:06 PM Subject: Re: syswrite issue > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:23:42PM -0700, Manish Tiwari wrote: > > how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
Brett W. McCoy [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>I think Solaris 8 & higher, the limit is something like 4 or 8 terabytes. *>For all intents and purposes, it's unlimited. Nope, 7 is good too..first 64-bit Solaris. And if you need one file that's 4 terabytes, you need something more than a sparc :)

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Michael Fowler
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:23:42PM -0700, Manish Tiwari wrote: > how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G It depends on restrictions imposed by your OS, filesystem, and the underlying C libraries Perl uses. You're probably hitting a 2G limit because of the data t

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: > Solaris 2.6 instroduced large file support by allowing files up to 2GB. > With 7 and up in 64-bit mode it is unlimited. I think Solaris 8 & higher, the limit is something like 4 or 8 terabytes. For all intents and purposes, it's unlimited. > Sol

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
Brett W. McCoy [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>Are you using it on an x86 system? It's only 32 bits, and I think can *>only support up to 2G files. Solaris 2.6 instroduced large file support by allowing files up to 2GB. With 7 and up in 64-bit mode it is unlimited. Solaris x86 is still 32-bit

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Manish Tiwari wrote: > SunOs > release 5.8 Are you using it on an x86 system? It's only 32 bits, and I think can only support up to 2G files. -- Brett Brett W. McCoy Software Engineer Broadsoft, Inc. 240-364-5225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
Manish Tiwari [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *>how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G Depends on your OS and if your Perl is compiled with large file support. If I remember right, largefile support is, by default, enabled on platforms that support it in versions 5.6

syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Manish Tiwari
how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G thanx in advance regards manish

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Manish Tiwari
SunOs release 5.8 - Original Message - From: "Brett W. McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Manish Tiwari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:37 PM Subject: Re: syswrite issue > On Thu, 31 May 2001, Manish

Re: syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Manish Tiwari wrote: > how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G That's OS & filesystem dependent and cannot be overcome with Perl. What OS are you using? -- Brett Brett W. McCoy Software Engineer Broadsoft, Inc. 240-364-5225 [EMAIL PROTEC

syswrite issue

2001-05-31 Thread Manish Tiwari
how big a file can be created using syswrite ..it fails generally over 2G thanx in advance regards manish