[daip] RH Linux inconsistencies in treatment of aips files >2 GB in size

[Lincoln Greenhill]

Dear AIPS,

I am working with 8+ GB AIPS image cubes on a PC w/ RedHat's distribution
of the 2.4.2-2 kernel.  31DEC01 AIPS works smoothly for these files
(e.g., IMAGR, TRANS).

However, I notice that LINUX operations related to "ls" are erratic.  I
wonder if you have witnessed this behavior?  Anotated examples follow.


RGLINUX2 39:pwd
/linux2_2
RGLINUX2 38:ls -l MA*
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 10:26 MAD001001.1LY;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500       1048576 Aug  7 14:59 MAD002001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 10:58 MAD002001.1LY;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD003001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500       4194304 Aug  7 15:00 MAD003001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 10:58 MAD003001.1LY;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD004001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500       1048576 Aug  7 15:01 MAD004001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 18:02 MAD004001.1LY;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD005001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500       4194304 Aug  7 15:02 MAD005001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 18:02 MAD005001.1LY;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD006001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500       1048576 Aug  7 15:03 MAD006001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 shoshana 500      67108864 Aug  7 15:08 MAD007001.002;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD008001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD009001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:03 MAD00A001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:48 MAD00C001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:40 MAD00D001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:39 MAD00E001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:40 MAD00G001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:39 MAD00I001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:46 MAD00K001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:48 MAD00R001.001;
-rw-rw-r--    1 aips     other    16777216 Aug  6 12:48 MAD00S001.001;
RGLINUX2 40:ls -l MAD001001.00O\;
-rw-rw-r--    1 lincoln  other    8589934592 Oct 19 16:44 MAD001001.00O;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   !!!!!! WHOA! THIS V. LARGE FILE WAS NOT IN THE LS OUTPUT!!!!!!
RGLINUX2 41:ls -l MAD00100*.00O\;
ls: No match.
RGLINUX2 42:ls -l MAD00*001.00O\;
ls: No match.
RGLINUX2 43:ls -l MAD001001.00O*
ls: No match.
RGLINUX2 44:ls -l MAD001001*
-rw-rw-r--    1 lmatthew other     4153344 Oct 18 10:26 MAD001001.1LY;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               YIKES! WILDCARDS DO NOT WORK FOR BIG FILES?