Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is there a file limit size of 2GB in JDK 1.5 Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:22:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: Vd3zjYYo2heJAT9ZVcrkiA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8156 On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:18:16 -0700, zigzagdna wrote: > I am on HP UNIX 11.2 which is 64 bit operating system. I am using JDK > 1.5 and using Java's File i/o to write my trace information to a file. I > noticed that even though my program is running, it stopped writing any > more information once trace file became 2GB. > > It cannot be HP UNIX limitation which is 64 bit, also file systems have > been set to allow files larger than 2GB. I am surprise that java's i/o > is 32 bit (yes java's version is most likely 32 bit). Is there a process limit in force? What does ulimit -a say ?