> > 4. Amount of RAM ... = 5gb.
>
> Which should certainly be enough to sort an 800 MB file in memory
> directly without using any temporary files. So it is obtaining an
> incorrect value for the amount of memory there.
>
> Would it be possible for you to debug what lib/physmem.c is returning
>
Please send followups to the list.
> 1. I have recreated the error with a 800mb file.
>
> root@mersey:/sorttest >ls -l SORT_FILE_10m_recs.dat
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root system 846534740 Aug 27 11:53
> SORT_FILE_10m_recs.dat
>
> >cat SORT_FILE_10m_recs.dat | /usr/local/bin/sort -T /sorttest -t
Please send followups to the list.
- Forwarded message from Parkin Frank - fparki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
From: Parkin Frank - fparki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:02:38 +0100
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE:
Parkin Frank - fparki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-23 16:27:22 +0100]:
> When sorting large files I (root) receive the following message ...
When you say "large files" do you mean files greater than 2GB?
Today's jargon calls files which exceed 2^31 bits large files and they
take special handling
Luis Miguel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I get the following:
>
> ###
> (demo@rh71:~)$ history | grep epic | sort
> Violación de segmento (core dumped)
> (demo@rh71:~)$ file core
> core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file of 'sort' (signal 11), Intel 80386, version 1, from
>'sort'
> ###
