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Old 07-03-2008
Size limit for FTPing file
Is there any size limit for FTPing file from one unix system to another?
# 2  
Old 07-04-2008
Never heared about one in the last 10 years. Try it out?
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Old 07-04-2008
You need to be able to create the file on the destination system. There may be a file size limit there which is causing a problem. In my last job we had a Solaris based ftp server. We had to upgrade it to Solaris 2.6 to handle files greater than 2 GB.
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Old 07-04-2008
Also keep in mind that some filesystems specifically need to be created with or mounted with largefile support. Otherwise any file larger than 2GB is going to give you trouble.
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Old 07-04-2008
scp will be a better option to transfer files from a unix to another unix system Smilie ftp should be disabled, its a good practice.
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Old 07-04-2008
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Originally Posted by incredible
scp will be a better option to transfer files from a unix to another unix system Smilie ftp should be disabled, its a good practice.
or atleast sftp
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Old 07-05-2008
Yes Madhan, I agree. SFTP is better for file transfers because unlike scp it can hold a continuous connection and create links.
 
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