Re: ls for large file using wildcard bug ?

[Bob Proulx]

> [test]# ls -l test.dat
> -rw-r--r--    1 ebuser   ebuser   5128830976 Mar 10 13:27 test.dat
> [test]# ls -l test.*
> ls: No match.
> 
> Why don't  display test.dat.
> Other large file(>2G) wasn't  display too.

Large files are those that are bigger than the size of the C
programming integer 2^32 bits and therefore need special handling.

> Oh! Sorry.
> May be, this is a problem of tcsh.
> When using bsh, the result was good.

It sounds like your tcsh is not compiled with large file support and
therefore can see the files when it does a directory listing to expand
the file glob.  It sounds like your bash was compiled with this
support and therefore can see those files.

I think you have the information you need.  Look for a tcsh that
contains the large file support you need.  (Or switch to bash.  :-)

If you are using a distribution then probably any newer version would
have this set correctly.  If you are compiling your own version then
you probably need to double check that the configuration has the
defines for large file support enabled.

Bob