[cvsnt] Re: cvs export to a network directory aborts when writing large files

[Tony Hoyle]

Tom Firl wrote:

> cvs [export aborted]: writing 
> my_mod/Documentation_Product_Line/pdf/Prod_600.pdf: Invalid argument
> 
> The problem seems to occur when cvs export is writing to a 
> destination directory that is on a remote system and the file being 
> written is larger than 64MB.
> 
It's probably a network filesystem limitation.. doesn't surprise me and 
such problems are part of the reason why it's not recommended to do that.

It's better to run the client on the system that you are exporting to.

Tony