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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: maximum file size with NFS?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411145558.13106B-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <199804111940.UAA06687@indigo.ie>

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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Niall Smart wrote:

> On Apr 11, 12:23pm, Tom wrote:
> } Subject: maximum file size with NFS?
> > 
> >   What is the maximum file size supported by NFS?  It seems the limit is
> > 2GB as I can't work with files bigger than that with NFS.
> 
> 2GB is a typical maximum file size under UNIX, the UNIX community
> have already published a standard API which handles 64bit file
> sizes but AFAIK I don't believe FreeBSD supports it, yet (?) nor
> do I believe the standard encompasses NFS.

  FreeBSD has supported 2GB+ files for a quite a while... almost two years
probably.

> -- 
> Niall Smart.  Microsoft Suck.  See www.freebsd.org for details.
> Annoy your enemies and amaze your friends:
> echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h

Tom



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