max filesize on ext3?

[Alex Dean]

Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008 1:01 PM,  <alex at crackpot.org> wrote:
>> What is the maximum filesize on ext3 (64-bit)?  I can't find a clear
>> answer after doing some searches.  I seem to remember it's quite
>> large, but if someone can point me at a link that'd be really helpful.
>>
>> I have read it's dependent on the block size of the underlying device.
>>   How can I determine that?
> 
> This depends on your block size, but 16GB - 2TB...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Size_limits

Further down that page, I happened on this link : 
http://www.howtoadvice.com/Ext3Max/

This explained how to use the 'dumpe2fs' command to get the block size 
for the device.

Something like this :
'sudo /sbin/dumpe2fs -h /dev/sdb1 | grep "Block size"'
did the trick.

thanks.