Pure FTP problem - file too large

I have tarred a public_html directory, and the resulting tar file is about 5.5GB.

the file doesn't appear in the file list on my ftp client, but it is definitely there.

if i use the ftp command line to try to get the file, it gives me a "file too large" message.

i have checked my pure-ftpd.conf file, and the virtual limit line is commented out.

at the bash command line, the ulimit command gives:

core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 4079

so it doesn't appear that i have any limits, but i can't download the file.

any suggestions as to what i can do to make pure ftp work for this file?

thanks

 

 

 

 

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