*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 75574 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75574
I saw the same behaviour: I didn't know of the 4GB limit, still the (s)cp started. With scp i got no error message at all, while cp exited (after copying the first 4GB part of my file) with the following error message: File size limit exceeded (core dumped) -- cp crashes when copying large files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69807 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs