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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: cat problem, file too large
Message-ID: <1990Oct12.024136.13102@virtech.uucp>
Date: 12 Oct 90 02:41:36 GMT
References: <1990Oct11.191348.12057@mercury.cair.du.edu>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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In article <1990Oct11.191348.12057@mercury.cair.du.edu> tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Tim) writes:
>the file was split when i got it from ohio-state somewhere,
>and i am trying to 'cat' all the pieces back together.
>
>it works for awhile, then craps out. saying 'file too large'

First off the problem is with your ULIMIT.  Read your manual, or the FAQ
posting for this newsgroup to see how to change it.

Secondly, a better way to process the multiple archives would be 
to do the following:

	cat files | uncompress | tar -xvf -

(assuming that they were parts of a compressed tar file)

This way you don't have to generate the big file.


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