From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 13 21: 8: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632DE37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:08:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f103.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C016843E97 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:08:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from firstolasto@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:08:04 -0700 Received: from 12.235.232.75 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:08:04 GMT X-Originating-IP: [12.235.232.75] From: "Firsto Lasto" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: bts@babbleon.org Subject: Re: how do I ftp a large file ? Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:08:04 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Oct 2002 04:08:04.0573 (UTC) FILETIME=[4B6E98D0:01C27337] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ok, well I guess a: "I'll make a conscious effort to arbitrarily limit functionality just because I don't need it" is one way to approach things. Good luck with that! > > >I should certainly expect that 2G or 4G files are unusually large to be >FTPing around. > >You hit a 4-byte file-length field limitation at that size and it would >not seem terribly unreasonble to me off-hand for the protocol to fail >to support such monstrosities. > >You could always move them in pieces. > > >On Sunday 13 October 2002 09:21 pm, Firsto Lasto wrote: >| Hi, >| >| I think this message was caught in a mail loop from ... 1996 or >| something, because what it says is you have not tested your ftp >| software with files larger than 4gigs. >| >| Obviously this is some joke or something, since these days a 4gig >| file is not rare or exceptional or interesting in any way. >| >| Can someone answer this question with recent info ? Again, I can see >| how back in the days of 4.3BSD and SunOS 4 that there would be file >| size limits like that, but obviously they would not exist in this >| modern day and age. >| >| thanks! >| >| >The most recent version of proftpd (1.2.6 in the ports) provides >| > support for >2G files...the maximum we've tested is ~4G. >| > >| >On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 09:15, Firsto Lasto wrote: >| > > I have a 2gig file and a 6gig file on a linux system, and I am >| > > trying to move them to a freebsd machine. >| > > >| > > I have tried both scp and ftp and in both cases I get: >| > > >| > > "File too large" >| > > >| > > So, how should I transfer large files between unix systems ? >| > > >| > > >| > > >| > > _________________________________________________________________ >| > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: >| > > http://mobile.msn.com >| > > >| > > >| > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >| > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >| > >| >-- >| >John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions >| >Systems Administration http://www.nterprise.net >| > & Network Engineering 9616 Pecos St Thornton CO 80260 >| >Replies to this address are /dev/nulled. Whois is your friend. >| >| _________________________________________________________________ >| Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com >| >| >| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >| with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- >Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message