Hi Aleksey,
Actually, the allowed input range is a regular expression, but the value
is stored in an int afterward. So you may not be able to edit a file
larger than 2 GB (maybe 4 on some systems)
Regards
Nicolas
On 30/08/2011 03:33, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
> Thanks, Paul.
>
> And somebody's pointed out to me that the allowed input range is
> 0,99999999999 (93 Gb).
>
> Thanks!! :)
>
> Aleksey
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Paul Krizak<paul.kri...@amd.com> wrote:
>> Well since cfengine edits the file in memory and then does a comparison
>> to the on-disk version before making commits, presumably you should be
>> careful to not edit any files larger than the free memory on your system.
>>
>>
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>> On 08/29/2011 06:16 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
>>> Found this under max_file_size:
>>>
>>> A local, per-file sanity check to make sure the file editing is
>>> sensible. If this is set to zero, the check is disabled and any size
>>> may be edited. The default value of max_file_size is determined by the
>>> global control body setting, See editfilesize in agent, whose default
>>> value is 100k.
>>>
>>> So my only question now is just how big files can cfengine handle?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -at
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin
>>> <atsaloli.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I just tried to use CFEngine to edit /etc/services and it refused:
>>>>
>>>> !! File /etc/services is bigger than the limit edit.max_file_size =
>>>> 362149> 100000 bytes
>>>> File /etc/services was marked for editing but could not be opened
>>>>
>>>> I found the file size is configurable -- is there anything to watch
>>>> out for in bumping this up? Why is there a limit?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Aleksey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Reference manual states:
>>>>
>>>> 5.2.17 editfilesize
>>>>
>>>> Type: int
>>>>
>>>> Allowed input range: 0,99999999999
>>>>
>>>> Default value: 10000
>>>>
>>>> Synopsis: Integer limit on maximum text file size to be edited
>>>>
>>>> Example:
>>>>
>>>> body agent control
>>>> {
>>>> editfilesize => "120k";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Notes:
>>>>
>>>> The global setting for the file-editing safety-net (this value may be
>>>> overridden on a per-promise basis with max_file_size, See
>>>> edit_defaults in files. The default value for editfilesize is 100k.
>>>> Note the use of special units is allowed, See Datatypes in CFEngine 3,
>>>> for a list of permissible suffixes.
>>>>
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