Re: max file sizes stopping tar backups?
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 08:26 -0500, Marc D Ronell wrote:
> >>>>> "michael" == michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk> writes:
>
> michael> I cannot find mention in the 'info tar' pages about max
> michael> file limits so I cannot see whether the '2Gb max file
> michael> size' is an issue. However, I do get the error below. Am
> michael> I right in deducing, therefore, that there is indeed a
> michael> 2Gb limit? (presumably for archive files or tar file
>
> Michael,
>
> It may not be applicable in this situation, but some shells, like
> /bin/tcsh can limit file sizes. What happens when you type
>
> $ limit
>
> at your prompt? You may need to add an
>
> unlimit filesize
>
> command to your shell's rc file.
Sorry, should have told you I'd checked that already:
michael@ratty:~/reports$ echo $SHELL;ulimit -a
/bin/bash
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) unlimited
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
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