2 Gb File Size Limit, definitive source of information

Thu Nov 13 21:34:03 UTC 2003

Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:

> Ext2/3 do not have the 2GB limit. The limit is way higher (don't know it
> by heart). Problem is that older tools probably still use 32 bit version
> of C functions like fseek. These tools don't handle big files.

There is an editorial about "Largefile Support Problems" in freshmeat,
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/709. And interesting links.

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