In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So: presumably NFS is known to use 32 bit file sizes, but ls understands >a 64 bit file size? I also note that the fstat, stat etc system calls >return the file size as an off_t, which in the i86 header files for >2.4.22 is a long - which should be 32 bits on x86- so how does ls -l get >the correct >32bit file size?
Use 2.4 kernels on the client and server, use the kernel NFS server rather than the user-level one, and mount the filesystems on the client with the "nfsvers=3" option and you will have 64 bit support on NFS. You'll also have better performance and working fcntl() locking over NFS as a bonus. Mike. -- Never trust a statistic you didn't fake yourself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
