Re: mv command fails on files >4GB

[Brian Dessent]

Paul Eggert wrote:

> "Rich Morgan" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I'm trying to move large files from one filesystem to another and the mv
> > command fails with the message "File size limit exceeded".  The partial
> > destination file is not removed and is 4,294,967,295 bytes in size.
> 
> Most likely that's not a bug in mv; it's a problem with your user
> limits.  If you're running Bash, type "ulimit -a".  mv is subject to
> these limits, just like any other program is.

It could also be trying to move the file from e.g. ext2/3 to a
brain-dead filesystem (e.g. FAT32) which has a 4GB limit.  That's also
not something that mv can deal with, it's a limitation of the filesystem
that cannot be avoided.

Brian