lprng maximum job size

Randy Kaelber plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 16:49:29 -0700


"David A. Sinck" wrote:
> 
> \_ SMTP quoth Bryce C on 9/13/2002 16:19 as having spake thusly:
> \_
> \_ I think I read somewhere that's the maximum size for a file on ext2.
> 
> Yup.  And my guess is that lpd spools it to disk before sending it to
> printer; if your lpd spool is on an ext2 (/3?) partition, you're going
> to hit the filesys max cap and truncate your file.

I thought ext2/3  had large file support, but it's also a matter of
whether your kernel supports it or not.

Randy