Does Solaris have file size limination?

Dear Sir:
Does Solaris or other UNIX OS have file size limination ?
If yes, Please tell me
where the manual or any documents refered ?
Thanks Nicolas

Hi Nicolas, 
SunOS and Solaris 2.3 through 2.5.1 support file sizes up to 2GB 
in size. By size, it is understood that a file has with it, its own overhead (inode information, etc.) so closer investigation may reveal that the file in question is somewhat short of actually 
being 2GB in size. 
Solaris 2.6 has introduced the concept of largefiles. 
A largefile, indicates a file that has a size between 2GB 
and 1Tb (terabyte). 
Here is a table of file and file systems limitations (for UFS) depending on Solaris releases: 
<PRE>
Single File File System
SunOS 4.1.x 2Gb 2Gb
SunOS 4.1.x + ODS 2Gb 1Tb
Solaris 2.0-2.5.1 2Gb 1Tb
Solaris 2.0-2.5.1 + SDS 2Gb 1Tb
Solaris 2.6 ~800Gb 1Tb
Solaris 7 ~800Gb 1Tb
Solaris 8 ~800Gb 1Tb
</PRE>
 On Solaris 2.6 and upwards, have a look at the manpage for largefile(5) or go to http://docs.sun.com and search for "largefile".
 
Hope this helps. 
Caryl 
Sun Developer Technical Support

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