cp dies with SIGXFSZ, a signal from BSD that is generated when the device's file-size limit is exceeded, and whose default behavior is to dump core(!).
There may be issues on some filesystems where it can be difficult to determine the true file-size limit, and even after such a check, there is a race condition. Whether or not such a check is performed, however, it should be a simple matter to install a handler for SIGXFSZ. Note that mv (others? prolly dd...) also has this issue (see duplicates). -- cp dumps core when copying >4GB files to a VFAT filesystem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75574 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
