At 01:29 PM 1/31/2004, Christoph Ludwig wrote:

I don't know whether there is a solution within any formally defined Unix or Posix standard. But according to http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html the Linux 2.4 kernel supports the Large File Support (LFS) interface. There is also a link to the LFS specification: http://ftp.sas.com/standards/large.file/x_open.20Mar96.html

Thanks. I think that is a bit dated, but Jens' reply seems reflect actual practice and that should be enough to get started with. --Beman