-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please keep replies on the list, so that we can ensure this is resolved.
According to Chun Cui on 9/20/2006 10:24 AM: > Hello, > Ah!I use Linux(Debian-unstable), version of sort is 'sort 5.93'. > > Intel CPU, 2GB Memory > coreutils 5.2.1-2 > gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060122 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.5-2) > kernel-2.6.15 with xfs > > but the compiled version is coreutils-5.97. > maybe the version of my coreutil is too old. > > The error message is: > [1]+ File size limit exceeded nohup sort -S 800M -T ./ > > the TempFile created by 'sort' is just 2GB, so i think maybe sort can > not create tempfile > 2GB. the newest version of coreutil i have not > tested. ;-( Paul Eggert checked in a gnulib patch today that tries to address your problem, which appeared to still be present even in the latest 6.2 tarball. So you would have to test a CVS build to see if it resolves your problem. > > Bye! > > Chun Cui > - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFEeBJ84KuGfSFAYARAuJwAJ9QsEe8bsl9ZGjrT+4oczNB0lGHmwCggM7o dg0/voBXR8aBNo5u5886z6M= =adZu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils