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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Heitzso" <heitzso AT bellsouth DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: noting problems with VERY large files w/ some utilities
Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:12:26 -0000
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Heitzso wrote:
> I'm trying to work with a 22G (yes, gigabyte) and have
> noticed problems with
> ls (wrong file size, significant over report)
> tail (doesn't catch end of file)
> I don't know about other utilities, but I wanted to get
> these reported ....
> 
> BTW, I greatly appreciate CYGWIN.

Well known issue. Cygwin does not support >2GB files.



Max.


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