[Vis5d-users] Re: 2 GB file size limit

Leigh Orf wrote:

> I've run into a problem creating large vis5d files, namely once a
> vis5d file hits 2 GB the routines to write it fail.
>
> Is this an integer overflow problem, or an inherent problem with the
> vis5d file format? Can it be easily fixed? With modern hardware I can
> easily visualize really big datasets and the 2 GB file size limit will
> become a real problem.
>
> Leigh Orf

Perhaps, you may try to recompile vis5d with the following compiler
options for gcc in the relevant makefile:

   gcc -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE ...

We have used these compiler options to create file > 2Gb on RedHat 7.1.

Regards,
Lam.