What is the maximum size for single file in unix???

[RobJordan]

What is the maximum size for single file in unix,
assuming there is unlimited disk space?

Thank you,

Robert Robert G. Jordan

Robert@JORDAN2000.com

http://www.JORDAN2000.com

Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.

 

[jimbopalmer]

I know that in Solaris, you must mount the file system with special parameters if you intend to exceed 2 gig per file in ufs

vxfs, the veritas file system also has provisions for morre than 2 gig per file I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[olded]

Robert:

The largest file tends to be unix variant dependent. If I recall, in my old SCO days it used to be a kernel parameter.

Also, do a man on the ulimit command. If you're not aware of it, you might find it helpful.

Regards,

Ed

 

[pcunix]

It's not only Unix dependent, it's file system type dependent.

Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com