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Large File Problems in Modern Unices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-deal-with dept.

david-currie writes "Freshmeat is running an article that talks about the problems with the support for large files under some operating systems, and possible ways of dealing with these problems. It's an interesting look into some of the kinds of less obvious problems that distro-compilers have to face."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post mothafucka

  2. Why large files by amigaluvr · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can anyone give a good reason for needing files larger than 2gb? The seek times alone withinr these files must be huge, and it smacks a bit of inefficienecy

    sure its just as bad to have an app use hundreds of say 4kb files or so, but two GIGABYTES???

    1. Re:Why large files by CoolVibe · · Score: -1, Troll

      Well, large multi-gigabyte broadcast quality MPEG2 video files seem to be a thing I store regularily on my disks. So yeah, what the hell do I need files bigger than 2 GB for, huh?

  3. Another example of why Freebsd is superior to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux sucks

  4. Use Microsoft Windows NT and forget about the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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    Use Microsoft Windows NT and forget about the little things. Life is way too short to be spening it in the basement trying to get some flavor of gcc to deal with large files. You could be snowboarding instead! but you choose to sit and write a few lines of crap code instead... hm, your genes will die with you.

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