Windows 2000 2 GB file limit

[Don Coleman]

Fairlight wrote:

>Only Kenneth Brody would say something like:
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>>Don Coleman wrote:
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>>>evening.  Last night the key file the reached Microsoft 2GB file size
>>>limit which stopped the archive process.  I renamed the file temporarily
>>>and set up a new key file and ran the archive process this morning but
>>>would like to access the now-unavailable archived key.  I can obtain
>>>Tuesday night's key file from their backup but would still potentially
>>>be missing some data from Wednesday.  Does anyone have any suggestions
>>>on how to allow filePro to access this key file.
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>>Use extended key files -- key, keyx1, keyx2, and keyx3.
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>Out of curiosity, define "use".  touch/chown/chmod?  Or is there something
>more to it?  You'd think if fP has the ability to use them, it would create
>them on its own, so I'm wondering what you mean by "use".
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>Do they supplement the main key, or replace it?
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>mark->
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Mark:

By "use" I mean access via filePro.  Ideally I would like to be able to 
delete several records to get the file size below the MS limit (~2GB).  
At this time fP nor any other MS based programs can access the file 
including a both hex and text editors.  I know that deleting several 
records will not reduce the actual file size until that space is 
reclaimed.  That will be the next challenge.  I was hoping to delete the 
last several records with my hex editor but it is unable to open the 
file.  I do need to be able to view and access this data occasionally.

Donald G. Coleman, Consultant
2100 Birchwood Dr.
Indiana, PA 15701
dcoleman at dgcreact.com
(724) 349-6302
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