Re: split refuses to split files when size is 4500m

[Bob Proulx]

Gregor Jackie wrote:
> jackie:/home/backups/EV1# split -b 4500m ev1.cpio.bz2
> split: 4500m: invalid number of bytes
> Try `split --help' for more information.
> jackie:/home/backups/EV1# ls -lh ev1.cpio.bz2
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     staff        7.8G Jun 11 07:46 ev1.cpio.bz2

Thanks for the report.  Without even looking at the code I am sure you
are overflowing the 32-bit long integer native on 32-bit systems.  Do
you have access to a 64-bit machine?

Bob