GNU bug report logs - #26011
26.0.50; tramp should respect large-file-warning-threshold

Previous Next

Full log

Message #16 received at 26011-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Robert Marshall <robert.marshall <at> codethink.co.uk>
Cc: 26011-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26011: 26.0.50;
 tramp should respect large-file-warning-threshold
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:38:50 +0100

Robert Marshall <robert.marshall <at> codethink.co.uk> writes:

Hi Robert,

> Yes that's better thank you, you still get the transient error if I
> continue (my file was 4Gig) but I guess it's too late to do anything
> else by the time it gets there

Once you confirm to copy/rename a huge file, its contents is loaded into
a temporary buffer. And yes, if it's too large, memory is exhausted.
There's nothing Tramp could know in advance, and prevent it.

If you handle regularly such huge files, Tramp's "scp" method is
superiour to "ssh".

I've pushed the patch to both Emacs and Tramp repositories, closing the bug.

> Robert

Best regards, Michael.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.