"File size limit exceeded" problem in Red Hat 8
C. Linus Hicks
lhicks at nc.rr.com
Wed Oct 27 19:28:37 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:11, C. Linus Hicks wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 14:01, Jake Brown wrote:
> > I looked into the features.h file, however it does not contain
> > any of the definitions you mentioned, probably because gcc
> > 2.6.3 does not support large file size. However the gcc coming
> > with Red Hat 8 does have a large file support, but I can not
> > use it as my simulator requires gcc2.6.3.
> >
> > Is there a way to work it around?
>
> I just posted an update to my answer to the mailing list. Try that
> first. Add these to your CFLAGS:
>
> -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
>
> The compiler version should be less important than the version of the
> OS, and I know full well that RH 8 supports large files. So it isn't
> clear to me why your features.h doesn't have those defines. The only
> 32-bit RedHat system I have is 7.1 and that's where I tested this.
Actually, I think it's going to be the version of glibc that is
important here. I'm running 2.2.4-33 on my 7.1 system and it does have
large file support. What version are you running?
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C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>
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