The maximum size of a char vector seems to be 2.68e8; 2.69e8 gives an out of memory" message, i.e. a=. 2.68e8#'g' is OK. I seem to hit the same limit in a new session as in one with lots of programs & data loaded (?). So maybe I can untar quite a bit more that 15 Mb.
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Eric Iverson wrote: > The old beta will die on you in about 10 months. Sticking with it for a > while is fine, but at some point you'll want to bite the bullet, even if it > means more difficult data transfers. > > I don't know the tar 'xz' limits on the beta version and can't give you any > guidelines. It will be a complex function of the ram on the device, OS > quirks, what else is going on, what has gone on recently, etc. I suspect > what you have already transferred is cutting into the max size of the next > transfer so it is a moving guess. > > You might get some idea by comparing the size of the tar file (not gzipped) > with the max size of a char vector you can create on the device without > getting limit error. > > The limits and problems with the product release are probably more severe, > but a little more straightforward. > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:42 PM, J. Patrick Harrington > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The data transfer process discussion for the new iPhone app >> has me confused, so until things stabilize, I've not installed >> the new version from the App Store (how long can I run the >> old test-flight beta ?). :-) >> Anyway, I wanted to use the iTunes method to move a library >> of model stellar atmospheres to the iPhone. Uncompressed, each >> is 1.38 Mb, and I tried moving all 96 in one .tar.gz file -- >> that's 132 Mb. The tar 'xz'; command gave me an out of memory >> error. I tried a smaller bunch, 11 models (15 Mb) and that >> went OK. I just wonder what the size limit for the iPhone "tar" >> is? Rather than finding out by trial & error. >> This is on an iPhone 4S 64GB. >> J on this phone is pretty amazing. It runs fairly complex >> computations at about 1/4 the speed of my MacBook Pro, which >> for most programs, that run in seconds, is an insignificant >> difference. Thanks for this wonderful port -- I just hope the >> Apple app-police don't force crippling restrictions on it. >> >> Patrick >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
