On 2014-09-18 19:53, Lord Sporkton wrote: > Regarding the limitations page at > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/limitations.html [1] > It indicates that smbclient is limited to 4gig, what happens over > that? > I noticed a few servers with much larger files and Im curious about > what exactly happens because they dont seem to be throwing any errors. > However that limit also happens to be due to smbclient, not backuppc > so if they fixed that in smbclient it should be resolved overall > right? > > THanks > Lawrence
In my limited testing (some time ago) it was the case that the file simply "looped" -- so for a 6 gig file, all 6 gigs would be transferred into the same 4 gig file, but the last 2 gigs would overwrite the first two gigs, making the file largely useless. No error or warning is given. Between 2 and 4 gigs, the file size will either be artibrary, or correct. I did not test with a libsmbclient that can handle larger files, so I can't answer your other question, but I suspect the answer is more complicated than simply adjusting libsmbclient. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
