[jcifs] SmbFile CopyTo size limit

[Michael B Allen]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:03:43 +0000 (UTC)
Steve K <skuekes at rxhealthcare.org> wrote:

> I am using jcifs 1.2.18 to copy files between 2 smb servers using the 
> SmbFile and its copyTo method.  The files I'm copying are larger than 4.45 Gb.
> The results are that I only get an output file that is 2,147,493,180 and the 
> copy completes without any exceptions.
> 
> If I re-implement the copy using the inputstream and the outputstream for 
> the two smbfiles and do my own reading and writing it copies these large 
> files just fine.  It looks like there is some kind of 2 Gb limit in 
> the SmbFile.copyTo method.
> 
> Is this a limit/bug or do I need to do something else to make copyTo 
> work properly.

Last I checked there was no limit in JCIFS. However, it is not uncomon
to run into limits either on the source CIFS server or receiving CIFS
server. What are the servers?

Mike

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