Goswin writes:
> ls does not show the correct size for files greater than 4G:
>
> % ls -ls file_greater_than_4G
>
> 8422534 -rw-rw-r-- 1 mrvn mrvn 1048576 Aug 25 23:14 file_greater_than_4G
>
> The wrong size seems to be a kernel problem:
>
> from /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/posix_types.h:
> typedef long __kernel_off_t;
>
> from /usr/src/linux/include/types.h:
> typedef __kernel_off_t off_t;
^^^^^
> from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/fs.h: struct inode {
> loff_t i_size;
^^^^^^
from /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/posix_types.h:
#ifdef __GNUC__
typedef long long __kernel_loff_t;
#endif
It is unlikely that the internal size is incorrect, as people have used
large files successfully. It may be that your "ls" is not using the
full 64 bits. I have read reports of similar cases.
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
\ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
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