'\" te .\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. .\" Copyright (c) 1982-2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures .TH largefile 5 "27 Jan 2015" "SunOS 5.11" "Standards, Environments, and Macros" .SH NAME largefile \- large file status of utilities .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP A \fIlarge file\fR is a regular file whose size is greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes). A \fIsmall file\fR is a regular file whose size is less than 2 Gbyte. .SS "Large file aware utilities" .sp .LP A utility is called \fIlarge file aware\fR if it can process large files in the same manner as it does small files. A utility that is large file aware is able to handle large files as input and generate as output large files that are being processed. The exception is where additional files are used as system configuration files or support files that can augment the processing. For example, the \fBfile\fR utility supports the \fB-m\fR option for an alternative "magic" file and the \fB-f\fR option for a support file that can contain a list of file names. It is unspecified whether a utility that is large file aware will accept configuration or support files that are large files. If a large file aware utility does not accept configuration or support files that are large files, it will cause no data loss or corruption upon encountering such files and will return an appropriate error. .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/bin\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBadb\fR\fBaliasadm\fR\fBawk\fR\fBbdiff\fR\fBcat\fR \fBchgrp\fR\fBchmod\fR\fBchown\fR\fBcksum\fR\fBcmp\fR \fBcompress\fR\fBcp\fR\fBcsh\fR\fBcsplit\fR\fBcut\fR \fBdd\fR\fBdircmp\fR\fBdu\fR\fBegrep\fR\fBfgrep\fR \fBfile\fR\fBfind\fR\fBftp\fR\fBgetconf\fR\fBgrep\fR \fBgzip\fR\fBhead\fR\fBjoin\fR\fBjsh\fR\fBksh88\fR \fBksh\fR\fBln\fR\fBls\fR\fBmailcompat\fR\fBmailstats\fR \fBmdb\fR\fBmkdir\fR\fBmkfifo\fR\fBmore\fR\fBmv\fR \fBnawk\fR\fBpage\fR\fBpaste\fR\fBpathchck\fR\fBpg\fR \fBpraliases\fR\fBrcp\fR\fBremsh\fR\fBrksh88\fR\fBrksh\fR \fBrm\fR\fBrmdir\fR\fBrsh\fR\fBsed\fR\fBsh\fR \fBsort\fR\fBsplit\fR\fBsum\fR\fBtail\fR\fBtar\fR \fBtee\fR\fBtest\fR\fBtouch\fR\fBtr\fR\fBuncompress\fR \fBuudcode\fR\fBuuencode\fR\fBvacation\fR\fBwc\fR\fBzcat\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/xpg4/bin\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBawk\fR\fBcp\fR\fBchgrp\fR\fBchown\fR\fBdu\fR \fBegrep\fR\fBfgrep\fR\fBfile\fR\fBgrep\fR\fBln\fR \fBls\fR\fBmore\fR\fBmv\fR\fBrm\fR\fBsed\fR \fBsh\fRsorttailtr .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/xpg6/bin\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBgetconf\fR\fBls\fR\fBtr\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/sbin\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBeditmap\fR\fBinstall\fR\fBmakemap\fR\fBmkfile\fR\fBmknod\fR \fBmvdir\fR\fBswap\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/lib\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBmail.local\fR\fBsendmail\fR\fBsmrsh\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/ucb\fR utilities are large file aware: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBchown\fR\fBfrom\fR\fBln\fR\fBls\fR\fBsed\fR \fBsum\fR\fBtouch\fR .TE .sp .LP The \fB/usr/bin/cpio\fR and \fB/usr/bin/pax\fR utilities are large file aware, but cannot archive a file whose size exceeds 8 Gbyte - 1 byte. .sp .LP The \fB/usr/bin/truss\fR utilities has been modified to read a dump file and display information relevant to large files, such as offsets. .SS "nfs file systems" .sp .LP The following utilities are large file aware for \fBnfs\fR file systems: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) . \fB/usr/lib/autofs/automountd\fR\fB/usr/sbin/mount\fR \fB/usr/lib/nfs/rquotad\fR .TE .SS "ufs file systems" .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/bin\fR utility is large file aware for \fBufs\fR file systems: .sp .LP \fBdf\fR .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/lib/nfs\fR utility is large file aware for \fBufs\fR file systems: .sp .LP \fBrquotad\fR .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/xpg4/bin\fR utility is large file aware for \fBufs\fR file systems: .sp .LP \fBdf\fR .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/sbin\fR utilities are large file aware for \fBufs\fR file systems: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBclri\fR\fBdcopy\fR\fBedquota\fR\fBff\fR\fBfsck\fR \fBfsdb\fR\fBfsirand\fR\fBfstyp\fR\fBlabelit\fR\fBlockfs\fR \fBmkfs\fR\fBmount\fR\fBncheck\fR\fBnewfs\fR\fBquot\fR \fBquota\fR\fBquotacheck\fR\fBquotaoff\fR\fBquotaon\fR\fBrepquota\fR \fBtunefs\fR\fBufsdump\fR\fBufsrestore\fR\fBumount\fR .TE .SS "Large file safe utilities" .sp .LP A utility is called \fBlarge file safe\fR if it causes no data loss or corruption when it encounters a large file. A utility that is large file safe is unable to process properly a large file, but returns an appropriate error. .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/bin\fR utilities are large file safe: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.36i) lw(1.04i) lw(1.21i) lw(1.11i) lw(.78i) lw(1.36i) lw(1.04i) lw(1.21i) lw(1.11i) lw(.78i) . \fBaudioconvert\fR\fBaudioplay\fR\fBaudiorecord\fR\fBcomm\fR\fBdiff\fR \fBdiff3\fR\fBdiffmk\fR\fBed\fR\fBlp\fR\fBmail\fR \fBmailcompat\fR\fBmailstats\fR\fBmailx\fR\fBpack\fR\fBpcat\fR \fBred\fR\fBrmail\fR\fBsdiff\fR\fBunpack\fR\fBvi\fR \fBview\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/xpg4/bin\fR utilities are large file safe: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBed\fR\fBvi\fR\fBview\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/xpg6/bin\fR utility is large file safe: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBed\fR .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/sbin\fR utilities are large file safe: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . lpfilter lpforms .TE .sp .LP The following \fB/usr/ucb\fR utilities are large file safe: .sp .sp .TS tab(); lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.1i) lw(1.11i) . \fBMail\fR\fBlpr\fR .TE .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBlf64\fR(5), \fBlfcompile\fR(5), \fBlfcompile64\fR(5)