Garl,
Thanks.  I just heard from him this morning.  He said this next set of calculations
are going to generate 20 gig files.  I'll pass our conversation on to him and see
what he can adjust to take advantage of the new kernel.


Grigsby, Garl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:
>
>Bob,
>   The problem (as I recall) is that the applications need to be 'aware'
>of 64 bit files (the largest file that can be created on a 32 bit os 2Gb
>(2^31). A lot of the apps that you use in your daily life (ls, cat,
>less, tar, etc.) are 32 bit and really can't reference the largefile
>addresses.
>   I work with large files all of the time and the lack of good
>largefiles support from linux is one of the big reasons our software has
>not been ported yet (well that and a whole mess of political issues...).
>Somewhere around here I have notes on largefiles and linux. I will see
>if I can dig up what I found late last year and forward it on.
>
>Garl
>
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