On Saturday 20 March 2004 00:21, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 17:50, JM wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >     Is it possible to extend the capability of my box to support > 2GB file
> > size? Is it recommended?
>
> If you're using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, chances are you can create files
> that surpass 2GB. Most filesystems already support 2+GB or more.
>
> The tools, of course, need to support handling of large files. They need
> to be compiled using a C library that supports opening files with
> O_LARGEFILE.


ok.. so i need to recompile all applications.. hmm.. do i have to recompile 
emacs, vi, and other file manipulating tools that comes with linux...?

TIA,
jm
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