I have a problem with backups

[YairNet]

Problem:

Cannot open local file xxx for reading: File too large.
ncftpput ססס.tar.gz: could not open file.

HD

[root@server yair]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
131G 53G 71G 43% /
/dev/sda1 99M 24M 70M 26% /boot
tmpfs 3.0G 0 3.0G 0% /dev/shm
[root@server yair]#

[scsi]

"File too large."

[floyd]

How large is /home/tmp/yair/website.tar.gz

[YairNet]

3-4G

It is important to note that everything worked well suddenly ...

[nobaloney]

The file is too large. Period.

Why? Probably because it's hit some kind of OS limit.

Jeff

[YairNet]

I work with CentOS you have recommendations for what to try / do?

[floyd]

I thought you said it was working now?

[YairNet]

Not really lol I am still looking for the odd solution!

[floyd]

Its hard to find a solution for a problem that does not exist anymore.

The error indicates that the problem was the file was too big for ncftp. But its impossible to know for sure now since its now working.

[YairNet]

I do not understand - there is no solution to the problem?
yesyes nono

[nobaloney]

What are you looking for? A solution for a file being too large? You have two options; you can either use smaller files, or use a filesystem that allows larger files. Recent linux and unix file systems should be able to manage files of 3G or 4G, but they used to default to a maximum of 2G.

Perhaps you'll need to engineer your own backup solution using smaller files. You can use the split command to break up files, and join them again with cat, but you'd have to engineer your own backup solution to use them.

Jeff

[floyd]

I still think the problem was with ncftp since it is the one that complained about the file being too large. The file existed so it should not be a file system problem.

Maybe I am reading the evidence incorrectly.

[nobaloney]

Good point, Floyd. I probably missed that in trying to reread the entire thread to familiarize myself with it.

I found an old thread going back to 2003, discussing an issue with wget and files over 2G, but none for ncftp. And you'd think it'd be fixed by now.

Jeff

[ranz]

Nope - you guys are correct ... it's annoying how you cannot create a "special case" configuration - and then it reverts back to "normal" configuration for everything else. This would essentially solve this problem.

[floyd]

ranz what are you commenting on? I don't see the connection.

[YairNet]

I stepped A. NCFTP Newest! Still have a problem ... I really do not know what to do No ideas? What am I the only one that happens to him?

[ranz]

ranz what are you commenting on? I don't see the connection.


The file size. I mean it would be good if you can set it for an "exception" then back to normal for everything else (for security).

[outpernet]

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