From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 13:37:31 EST
Could be having a problem with 'sparce' files. Try using gnutar, or some
other utility that can deal with sparce files.
bob
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 01:29:45PM -0500, Stamper, Steve wrote:
> I've got a box running 4.3 that now contains two very large files:
> -rw------- 1 root informix 2058059776 Jan 12 11:34 13316.0
> -rw------- 1 root informix 1107984384 Jan 12 11:37 13317.0
>
> When I try and cp these files to another directory I get the following
> errors:
> >cp * /ismbckup/save0
> cp: /ismbckup/save0/13316.0: A file or directory in the path name
> does not exist.
> cp: /ismbckup/save0/13317.0: A file or directory in the path name
> does not exist.
>
> And the resultant files end up being incomplete but the same size:
> -rw------- 1 root informix 1073741312 Jan 12 12:16 13316.0
> -rw------- 1 root informix 1073741312 Jan 12 12:44 13317.0
>
> Large file support is enabled. Any ideas?
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