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AIX file size limit
Name: pkc Date: April 28, 2003 at 14:05:03 Pacific OS: AIX CPU/Ram: RS 6000/1024 MB
Comment:
Hello, Is there a maximum limit on file size set by the AIX environment or the file size can be increased as much as we want. Thanks for any replies, PKC
Name: David Perry Date: April 28, 2003 at 16:03:11 Pacific
Reply:
I believe the ulimit command governs that. Have a look at the man pages for ulimit.
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Response Number 2
Name: dzur Date: April 30, 2003 at 07:33:17 Pacific
Reply:
Depends on your version of AIX also. I don't believe anything earlier than 4.2 would suport large files. The filesystem has to be large file enabled and ulimit -f should be set to unlimited. Check your man page for mkfs or crfs. It's been a while since I've used AIX.
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