2GB File size limit in scp. ver 2.9p1 and 2.5.2

[Damien Miller]

On Tue, 1 May 2001, Peter Bates wrote:

> Hi,
> I need to be able to use scp with files over 2GB.
> I've currently got a set of boxes running 2.5.2p2, and this is unable, as I
> understand it, to transfer these files.
>
> I've just downloaded the latest snapshot, 20010501, it complies fine on two
> rh7.1 machines, but again, I can't scp a file over 2GB. I get the same "file
> to large" error on the client as before.

Does adding

#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64

near the start of scp.c help matters?

-d

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