Re: removing large file

Douglas McIntosh wrote:
> Somehow I imported a 1.6 Gb rpm file and now I need to delete it.
> Rm and mv, which work on smaller files, both segfault with the
> big file. I use the Reiser file system and all utilities are up to
> date. Kernel 2.6.12.
>
> I have enough space remaining on my drive so this is not a critical
> problem.
>
> I stupidly thought that the linux maximum file size of 2 Gb meant
> that slightly smaller files were ok, but maybe not.

When you say "imported" what did you import it into or from? The 'rm -f'
utility should delete the file no matter what FS you are using. I don't
think there is a 2GB limit on the Reiser file system that was in the
ext2 and I have 8.6GB files using ext3 so there is no 2GB limit there.

Jon
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Received on Tue Mar 21 17:23:18 2006