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bug#18316: [PATCH] warn on too large file copies


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#18316: [PATCH] warn on too large file copies
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:09:39 -0700
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Adam wrote:
I know it's a rare scenario

The next time you copy a file containing 19 exabytes let us know.  :-)

If we're going to fix this, I suggest removing the limit entirely; that's better than generating a warning if the limit is gone past. I expect there are plenty of places in the code that stop working after 2**63 bytes, and I'd focus on them first.





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