Re: large file limitation

Check the user limit (ulimit) for the user your running postgres under.
Its probably causing the problem.

- Bill

Jeff wrote:

>I have installed Postgres 7.1.3 on a Solaris 2.8 machine.  When I dump
>the database the file is larger than the 2 GB limit.  I checked with
>our unix admin and he confirmed that Solaris 2.8 would not support
>files larger than 2GB until he made a modification to use large files.
> He made the modification and we verified that the unix system could
>handle files larger than 2GB.  I then dumped the database again and
>noticed the same situation.  The dump files truncate at the 2GB limit.
> I suppose I need to recompile Postgres now on the system now that it
>accepts large files.  Is there any library that I need to point to
>manually or some option that I need to pass in the configuration?  How
>do I ensure Postgres can handle large files (>2GB)
>
>Thanks
>
>
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