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A quick question

Does anybody know how much of data can be put into a sequential file?
There should be a limitation, like anything else.
I tried to search in the forum, it returned many results, but not what I exactly wanted.

I guess there is no limit for size in sequential file.

The ulimit command will describe how big a file you can create. You also need that much space on the disk drive.

There is no limit on the size of the sequential file. You should be careful about the 'ulimit'. If you are dealing with a large sequential file, its always better to set the file size in 'ulimit' to 'Unlimited'

-Yamini

There's also the thing about OS restrictions... most of them are now either 4Gb or 4 TerraByte: to be able to keep track where you are in a file you a need to be able to address the offset (and this is usually OS dependent).

Ogmios