Question as to whether Ubuntu or UbuntuMATE is 32 bit

[Bret Busby]

On 02/09/2018, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
> On 01/09/18 21:34, Bret Busby wrote:
>> I have read, regarding RISC OS, that
>>
>> "
>> The file system abstraction layer API uses 32-bit file offsets, making
>> the largest single file 4 GiB (minus 1 byte) long.
>> "
>>
>> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_OS
>>
>> Now, that makes me wonder whether Ubuntu Linux, or, UbuntuMATE Linux,
>> is limited to 32 bit.
>
> It's not the operating system but the file system which is at issue
> here. Are the source and target file systems the same?
>
>> The reason that this has arisen, is that I have a 4.5GB file that I
>> can not move - I have tried to move (using cut and paste) the file,
>> using both caja and PCManFM, and, with both, I get the problem that
>> the file is "too large to be spliced", and, a filesize limit of 4GB
>> apparently applies
>
> I wouldn't use a GUI application to manage files that size. What happens
> if you do it in a terminal window with the mv command?
>
> Is the file backed up somewhere?
>
> ///Peter
>

Thank you for your response, Peter.

I think, from the timestamps, your response was probably posted while
I was writing my response to Tony's response.

The file, where it currently sits, is the only complete copy of the
file, that I have.

I will leave trying to do anything with it, other than opening it,
until I have an approriate drive, to which, to move it.

I will investigate a portable SSD, which is currently discounted, and
find which format is present on that drive.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
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