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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
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Subject: Re: File Size Limitations?
Date: 12 Aug 1998 16:29:53 GMT
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In article <6qseea$53f$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: In article <35D1B7CD.597FAF56@sonalysts.com>,
: Michael C. Smith <mcs@sonalysts.com> wrote:
: : Is there an upper limit to the size of a file that Kermit (K95 running
: : on NT4.0) can transmit? Our application uses Kermit to transfer files
: : between two computers using TCP/IP over a dial-up PPP connection. We
: : are conducting stress tests of the application by sending very large
: : files (100+ MB) between the systems. We have noticed that the reception
: : of some files finishes even though the whole file has not been
: : completely sent. In one test, a 180 MB file was only received as a 112
: : MB file. Obviously, dial-up connections using such large files take a
: : long time. Could line noise, static, etc.. cause this to occur? Or is
: : there an internal limitation that we are runnng into?
: :
: There should be no limitation.
Not exactly true. There is a limitation caused by the use of a 32-bit
unsigned int to store the file size. The Win32 APIs support files up
to 64-bits in length. So for the time being you are limited to files of
2GB in size.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org