value too large for defined data type

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: value too large for defined data type
started by: jls legalize

Posted by jls legalize on Sep. 22 2005,21:38

I'm trying to delete a file 2.8 GB file and I get this error

Posted by jls legalize on Sep. 22 2005,21:53

with emelfm and xterminal I failed to delete the file.
Rox filer succeded to delete the file

Posted by friedgold on Sep. 22 2005,22:15

I believe busybox in DSL hasn't been compiled with large file support (>2GB). Therefore various command line tools will fail when working with large files. You should be able to fix this by downloading the gnu-utils.dsl extension