Hi,

I'd previously sent this to tech-pkg but thought it may be more suited to 
this list.

Thanks,
 Brad


> Hi,
>
> I've got an application where I need to write a file of size >2Gb to a DVD 
> (ISO file system). When I attempt to write such a file, I get an error 
> from mkisofs saying that the file is too large. Scratching through the 
> mkisofs code (cdrtools-2.0) I found the following check:
>
> -- snip --
> /*
>  * >= is required by the large file summit standard.
>  */
> if (S_ISREG(lstatbuf.st_mode) && (lstatbuf.st_size >= (off_t)0x7FFFFFFF)) 
> {
> ...
>  fprintf(stderr,
>   "File %s is too large (errno = %d) - ignoring\n",
>   whole_path, errno);
> ...
>  return 0;
> }
> -- snip --
>
> Is there any way I can get round the file size limit of 0x7FFFFFFF?
> What determines this limit?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad