[ZODB-Dev] Strange "File too large" problem

[Dieter Maurer]

Andreas Jung wrote at 2008-1-24 19:20 +0100:
> ...
>>>   Module ZODB.utils, line 96, in cp
>>> IOError: [Errno 27] File too large
>>
>> Apparently, you do not have "large file support" and your storage
>> file has readed the limit for "small" files.
>>
>
>LFS is usually required for files larger than 2GB. According to my 
>information I got from the reporter: the file was 17GB large.

Nevertheless, the operating system reported a "file too large"
error on "write".

This suggests a route for further investigation:

  What causes the reporter's operating system to report "file too large".

This is not a ZODB question but one for the respective operating system.



-- 
Dieter