I got the issue. It is not due to file system space limitation or large file limitation. It is due to the flavor of zip utility I am having. I used tar with "z" option to get compressed tar file. This way, compression ratio is very high and files bigger than 2GB also created. Thank you all for the inputs. :-) -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nagarjuna Rao Cherukuri Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:19 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: file size limit question Hi all, I am trying to take zip backup of a directory. But, the zip command fails once the output file reaches 2G. I am on RHEL AS 3. Can anybody throw some light on this? $ zip -r crp1data.zip crp1data adding: crp1data/ (stored 0%) adding: crp1data/a_media01.dbf (deflated 91%) adding: crp1data/a_ref01.dbf (deflated 91%) adding: crp1data/a_queue02.dbf (deflated 100%) adding: crp1data/system11.dbf (deflated 87%) adding: crp1data/a_ref02.dbf (deflated 87%) adding: crp1data/ctxd01.dbf (deflated 92%) adding: crp1data/a_queue01.dbf (deflated 100%) adding: crp1data/owad01.dbf (deflated 100%) adding: crp1data/a_summ01.dbf (deflated 99%) adding: crp1data/system07.dbf (deflated 74%) adding: crp1data/system05.dbf (deflated 80%) adding: crp1data/system10.dbf (deflated 91%) adding: crp1data/system08.dbf (deflated 74%) adding: crp1data/system06.dbf (deflated 72%) adding: crp1data/log02a.dbf (deflated 77%) adding: crp1data/odm.dbf (deflated 99%) adding: crp1data/log01a.dbf (deflated 77%) adding: crp1data/system04.dbf (deflated 76%) adding: crp1data/a_archive01.dbf (deflated 99%) adding: crp1data/system03.dbf (deflated 76%) adding: crp1data/a_int01.dbf (deflated 97%) adding: crp1data/system02.dbfFile size limit exceeded [oracrp1@kohinoor] /BACKUP/crp1old10aug05 $ ls -lh total 3.6G drwxr-xr-x 214 oracrp1 dba 4.0K Aug 4 16:11 crp1appl drwxr-xr-x 11 oracrp1 dba 4.0K Aug 4 15:41 crp1comn drwxr-xr-x 2 oracrp1 dba 4.0K Aug 11 10:59 crp1data drwxr-xr-x 3 oracrp1 dba 4.0K Aug 4 13:01 crp1db -rw-r--r-- 1 oracrp1 dba 1.5G Aug 18 20:45 crp1db.zip drwxr-xr-x 4 oracrp1 dba 4.0K Aug 4 13:17 crp1ora -rw-r--r-- 1 oracrp1 dba 2.0G Aug 18 21:09 ziP10FvR [oracrp1@kohinoor] /BACKUP/crp1old10aug05 $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/cciss/c0d2p1 241G 204G 25G 90% /BACKUP [oracrp1@kohinoor] /BACKUP/crp1old10aug05 thanks Nagarjuna P.S. I already posted the same qn before without details. I could not locate the old mail now. So, posting my doubt as new query again. **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
