The following diff works on my amd64. I split an 8GB file into two
chunks: 5GB and 3GB
Index: split.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/split/split.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 split.c
--- split.c 2006/08/10 22:44:17 1.13
+++ split.c 2006/10/17 07:23:15
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
#define DEFLINE 1000 /* Default num lines per file. */
-ssize_t bytecnt; /* Byte count to split on. */
+off_t bytecnt; /* Byte count to split on. */
long numlines; /* Line count to split on. */
int file_open; /* If a file open. */
int ifd = -1, ofd = -1; /* Input/output file descriptors. */
On 10/17/06, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Sebastian Dehne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that split(1) can only handle files which's size <= 2GB. I
> adjusted my version so that it support larger files.
>
> Why is this limit never increased. I mean, the fs supports much bigger
> files. Are there any plans to increased this limit in the future so I
> don't need to patch again when installing a new release?
send a diff and we will consider it.
-Otto
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