[tex-k] [axel.struebing@le-tex.de: dvips and files > 2GB]

[Tom Kacvinsky]

I think it would be worthwhile to add large file support to those
TeX related tools which can handle large file support (of course,
this depends on the platform).

It should not be too hard to add autoconf magic for this...

Tom

On Nov 16, 2004, at 16:01, Thomas Esser wrote:

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> From: Axel Strübing <axel.struebing at le-tex.de>
> To: tetex at dbs.uni-hannover.de
> Subject: dvips and files > 2GB
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:38:55 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
> If this question is completely out of topic, i am sorry, otherwise ...
>
> Is it possible to produce outputfiles greater than 2GB with dvips?
> I have searched the web and not found a conclusive answer.
> The problem is, that processing an dvi-file with dvips under linux 
> (which
> generally can deal with larger files) results in an error message, 
> that the
> file size limit is exceeded and the resutling file is 2GB in size.
> This is due to a large number of rather big eps-images included.
>
> May be, i have to recompile dvips with "-DLARGEFILE" or something.
> The OS running deals regularly with much larger files during backup, 
> so it is
> no matter of libc/kernel/etc.
>
> best regards
> -- 
> Axel Strübing
> LE-TeX GbR
> 0341/49122717
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