[jcifs] Re: SmbFile CopyTo size limit

[Steve K]

Michael B Allen <miallen <at> ioplex.com> writes:

> 
> 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
> 
The copy process is running on Linux and the from and to systems are
Windows 2000 Server systems.  The copy operation works if I open up the 
InputStream from the from file and read it in, then write it to the 
OutputStream
for the to file, so It doesn't look like there's a limit on Windows.

Steve