Hi,
     stat call fails with EOVERFLOW on SunOS 5.8 for a 4.1GB file.  is there
a patch available to fix this problem?.

uname -a for the box is
 SunOS pr01u73 5.8 Generic_108528-23 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000

regards
-sarab

sarab <sarabjeetd@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>      stat call fails with EOVERFLOW on SunOS 5.8 for a 4.1GB file.  is there
> a patch available to fix this problem?.

'stat' in the traditional, 32 bit environment returns a structure that
is limited to holding information in particular sizes.

     EOVERFLOW
           A component is too large to  store  in  the  structure
           pointed to by buf.

Assuming you're compiling this program yourself, you most likely want
the -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 passed to the compiler.  It will use the
64-bit capable structs.  You shouldn't do this if you're expecting the
traditional struct to be returned, complete with the same size
information.

I typed up an example here...

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-cfengine/2002-11/msg00100.html

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>> On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:34:57 GMT,
>> "sarab" <sarabjeetd@hotmail.com> said:

> Hi, stat call fails with EOVERFLOW on SunOS 5.8 for a 4.1GB
> file.  is there a patch available to fix this problem?.

It's not a bug.

getconf(1)

and see:

    http://wwws.sun.com/software/whitepapers/wp-largefiles/largefiles.pdf

for more detail.

hth
t

"sarab" <sarabjeetd@hotmail.com> writes:

>     stat call fails with EOVERFLOW on SunOS 5.8 for a 4.1GB file.  is there
>a patch available to fix this problem?.


You will need to use the largefile interfaces (stat in 32 bit mode
can only represent 32 bit file sizes)

Casper