Harsha, It is advisable to limit the file size to 2GB. Though 4GB is possible, not all software implement up to that limit. You may have problems if you ever use it in other software.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Harsha Ch <harsha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I am using ogr2ogr merge all my shapefiles into one large file. Its > failing with following error > ERROR 1: Failed to write shape object. File size cannot reach 4294967280 + > 28. > ERROR 1: Terminating translation prematurely after failed > > I looked at shapefil.h its using unsigned int for filesize which would > restrict the filesize to 4GB. > Is there any easy way to increase the filesize it can address, compiling in > 64bit doesn't help either. > I'll appreciate if you can give me any pointers on this issue . > > Thanks, > Harsha > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Best regards, Chaitanya kumar CH. /tʃaɪθənjə/ /kʊmɑr/ +91-9494447584 17.2416N 80.1426E
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