gboja@mips.COM (Glenda Boja Ramil) (02/21/91)
I was informed that Cray's i(Unicos) version of NFS supports files greater than 4Gs. Is this true? If so, I would like to know what filesize attribute is returned to a client that can't support files greater than 4Gs. For example: a client issues a command "ls -al" on a mounted filesystem under a subdirectory which has files greater than 4Gs. Your answers will be appreciated. Glenda Ramil
thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) (02/21/91)
In <46047@mips.mips.COM> gboja@mips.COM (Glenda Boja Ramil) writes: >I was informed that Cray's i(Unicos) version of NFS supports files greater than >4Gs. Is this true? If so, I would like to know what filesize attribute >is returned to a client that can't support files greater than 4Gs. For >example: a client issues a command "ls -al" on a mounted filesystem under >a subdirectory which has files greater than 4Gs. If they support it, they are violating the NFS protocol; rev. 2 simply can't express file sizes like this in any form, period. If Cray has done this, it isn't really NFS(TM) anymore. It hurts us, too, but we can't do much until Sun gets off their cans and releases a new protocol revision, which they've been saying they'd do for two years. Rob T -- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com An employee and not a spokesman for Convex Computer Corp., Dallas, TX