Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-11 Thread Markus Hennecke
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Darrin Chandler wrote: On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:36:15PM -0800, Ted Unangst wrote: On 10 Jan 2008 14:17:43 -0800, Unix Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distribut

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-11 Thread Marc Espie
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 06:09:24PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 04:49:42PM -0800, Unix Fan wrote: > > Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > Ted Unangst wrote: > > > > what bs are you using? > > > > > > Try to be more polite, please. > > > > He wasn't being rude, bs the block siz

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 04:49:42PM -0800, Unix Fan wrote: > Darrin Chandler wrote: > > Ted Unangst wrote: > > > what bs are you using? > > > > Try to be more polite, please. > > He wasn't being rude, bs the block size option for the dd command... > which I the slow idiot. had set to 1.. Yes, I k

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Unix Fan
Apologies, I was using a larger count size, which is restricted by a 32bit variable. (size_t). FreeBSD's dd is 64 bit safe for all options... might be worth looking into. Darrin Chandler wrote: > Ted Unangst wrote: > > what bs are you using? > > Try to be more polite, please. He wasn

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:36:15PM -0800, Ted Unangst wrote: > On 10 Jan 2008 14:17:43 -0800, Unix Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? > > > > > > > > I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed > > with OpenBSD 4.2, unfo

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Tobias Ulmer
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:17:43PM -0800, Unix Fan wrote: > Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? > > > > I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed with > OpenBSD 4.2, unfortunately it fails with: > > > > dd: count: Result too large > > > > Confus

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Mats O Jansson
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Unix Fan wrote: Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed with OpenBSD 4.2, unfortunately it fails with: dd: count: Result too large Confused, I tried making the size smaller, and noticed it b

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Ted Unangst
On 10 Jan 2008 14:17:43 -0800, Unix Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? > > > > I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed with > OpenBSD 4.2, unfortunately it fails with: > > > > dd: count: Result too large > > > > Confus

Re: 64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008/01/10 14:17, Unix Fan wrote: > Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? > > I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed with > OpenBSD 4.2, unfortunately it fails with: > > dd: count: Result too large > > Confused, I tried making the size smaller, an

64 bit file I/O?

2008-01-10 Thread Unix Fan
Does OpenBSD's base utilities support 64 bit I/O? I attempted to create a 8GB file using the "dd" application distributed with OpenBSD 4.2, unfortunately it fails with: dd: count: Result too large Confused, I tried making the size smaller, and noticed it bails out at exactly 4294967295 b