Error when doing "ls -l"

[gharabed]

When I execute an "ls -l" on an NFS mounted file system from my solaris 8 box I get the following message for some files (they are large database export files):

SMSTGD_09182002_05:00.dmp: Value too large for defined data type

However, if I do the same "ls -l" from my Solaris 2.7 box I get the expected result:

-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 6588451840 Sep 18 05:28 SMSTGD_09182002_05:00.dmp

Why would I get this error on one box and not another?

Thanks,
Greg

 

[crowe]

it is probably a NFS version issue. Older version of NFS only supported up to 2gig files, just like older version of some filesystems. Check you NFS version on the client and server side.

crowe

 

[gharabed]

No, because it is the exact same NFS file system mounted from each machine and the same exact directory I am looking at. It's just when I do an "ls -l" from one box I get the error and when I do it from another box I don't get the error.

 

[ballisti]

Long ago I had a similar problem, I think
that this was the solution:

Try just:

touch file_name

on the system which gives the error.

I cannot explain why this happens.

 

[gharabed]

Interesting...when I do a touch on one of the file that gives me the "ls -l" error I get the same error. Here are the results of my "touch":

touch: SMDWP_09242002_05:00.dmp: Value too large for defined data type

This is weird!

Greg

 

[xkjdhdg]

Check out this link and see if you have this load if so the update will fix it.
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.1.tar.gz
Solaris 8 has some freeware with.

 

[hemi]

I have found if the date variable is "out"(as in 1/1/1904) on the local folder the mounted folder shows the message you have posted. I modified the files date and it was remedied.