> I have a Ruby script which copies certain files from one subdirectory to
> another. I am running the latest version of Ruby (1.8.51.10) available
> from Suse under Suse Linux 9.3. On my 32-bit computer, my ruby scrip
> executes successfully. However, on my 64-bit AMD computer the script
> fails with the following error:
>
> /usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/ftools.rb:27: [BUG] Segmentation faul
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [x86_64-linux]
>
> Here is the line from my Ruby script which copies the file:
>
> File::syscopy(path1, path2)
>
> "path1" is the source file name and "path2" is the target file name. I
> have verified that both names are correct. The file being copied is 130
> Mb and the copy consistently fails on the 64-bit computer afterr 77 Mb have
> been copied. I have tried the script on 2 64-bit computers running Suse
> 9.3 and the copy fails in an idential manner. I have also tried the scrip
> on 1 32-bit computer running Suse 9.3 and the copy consistently succeeds.
> There is no issue on any of the computers on smaller files. ...