Bug 53576

Summary: file does not work for files over 2GB in size
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Tom Hughes <thh>
Component: fileAssignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Description Tom Hughes 2001-09-12 08:19:25 UTC 
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Description of problem:
using file with a file over 2GB results in the error message:
file cyber
cyber: can't stat `cyber' (Value too large for defined data type).


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a filew over 2GB in size
2. Run "file <filename>".
3.
	

Actual Results:  cyber: can't stat `cyber' (Value too large for defined
data type).

Expected Results:  It tells me it's a tar file (or whatever it is).

Additional info:
Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2001-12-11 20:06:47 UTC 
Fixed in file-3.37-2
Comment 2 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2002-08-20 16:01:58 UTC 
*** Bug 71850 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***