Re: gsort problem

[Bob Proulx]

Anthony Tiemens wrote:
> My client is using gsort (32bit,  HPUX), input file is 10GB.  

What version of GNU sort are you using?  You can find this using the
sort --version output.

  sort --version

> gsort fails when writing the output file with the following error 
>   "../../rfx/bin/gsort: write failed: ./sortIjyaoF: File too large"
>  
> file details are "-rw------- 1 root medwusr 2094530560 Apr 6 08:27 sortIjyaoF 
> "
>  
> It appears to be having trouble writing an output file > 2GB.
> 
> Could you please help.

Your compilation of GNU sort on your platform was apparently compiled
without large file support.  This was common with older versions.  On
older versions compiled on HP-UX large file support needed to be
forced at configured time.  This leads me to believe you are using a
very old version.

The current stable version is 5.94.  I am sure your problem is
resolved in the current version.

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.94.tar.gz   (7.6MB)
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.94.tar.bz2   (4.9MB)

Bob