[ale] file size limit?

Eric VanWieren evanwieren at gmail.com
Tue Nov 23 09:48:00 EST 2004


Geoffrey,

You could just write to a file till the limit was exceeded. Could use
/dev/zero or /dev/random. When it quits writing check the file size.

Eric


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:37:27 -0500, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> Anyone know what the file size limit is on current Linux kernels?
> Anyone know a way to figure it out, without trying to create a file?
> 
> I know it used to be 2gig, but most kernels I think now support LFS
> which pushes it to 4gig, I think.
> 
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
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