Limits on fp 5.0

[Kenneth Brody]

On 11/24/2016 6:59 AM, Tim OBrien via Filepro-list wrote:
>
> Centos 6.8(final)  fp 5.0.13D4
> I have been expanding a field from 5,.0 to 8,.0
> I have already expanding the very large files but now receive this error when attempting to expand a file called pay835:
> Checking Free Disk Space Before Restructuring
> Not enough disk space to restructure file.
> Press Enter to Continue
>
> The system has 2TB with 66% free, so I know there is plenty of disk space.
> I'm guessing it is some other limitation; either linux or fp?
>
> The 5 largest files in that directory are:
> -375869490 Nov 18 13:12 keyQ7
> -370637145 Nov 18 10:39 key7J
> -196803645 Nov 15 10:47 keyY7
> -84349410 Nov 18 10:39 key9W
> -75150540 Nov 18 12:58 key4Y
> The map is:
> map:235:0:41
> account: 8:rj:
> invoice: 5:rj:
> so increasing the invoice# from 5 to 8 is a small percentage of increase.
> Any thoughts?

Why are the file sizes listed as negative?

What does "df" say?  (And which filesystem are the filePro files on?)

I have seen some systems which return incorrect disk space values for 
devices with more than 2TB (or perhaps 4TB) of free space.  (This isn't an 
issue for 64-bit filePro.)

As already noted by Scott Walker, you can set PFNODF=ON to turn off Define 
File's free space check.  However, if there really isn't enough space, then 
"bad things" can happen.

-- 
Kenneth Brody