gt splitfasta Assertion failed

[vimlu]

Problem description

Assertion failed: (filename && max_filesize), function split_fasta_file, file src/tools/gt_splitfastne 155.
This is a bug, please report it at
https://github.com/genometools/genometools/issues
Please make sure you are running the latest release which can be found at http://genometools.org/pub/
Aborted (core dumped)

Exact command line call triggering the problem

gt splitfasta -numfiles 4 nt_curated_primate_subtracted.FASTA

Example minimal input triggering the problem

The nt.fa database from NCBI

What GenomeTools version are you reporting an issue for (as output by gt -version)?

1.5.9

Did you compile GenomeTools from source? If so, please state the make parameters used.

make curses=no cairo=no
make curses=no cairo=no install

What operating system (e.g. Ubuntu, Mac OS X), OS version (e.g. 15.10, 10.11) and platform (e.g. x86_64) are you using?

ubuntu-16-04 image for singularity

[satta]

Currently downloading the nt database to reproduce. Just a quick question: are you on a 32-bit or 64-bit system and are you also using a 64-bit GenomeTools build? Can you please run a:

uname -a

and also

gt -version

and

file `which gt`

Thanks!

[satta]

I just tested this on 64-bit Linux (GenomeTools 1.5.9) with no problems:

satta@eden:/srv/files/tmp$ gt splitfasta -numfiles 4 nt
satta@eden:/srv/files/tmp$ ls -Al
total 528730004
-rw-r--r-- 1 satta satta 270709723133 Mar 21 09:59 nt
-rw-r--r-- 1 satta satta  67679665773 Apr  4 22:44 nt.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 satta satta  67712046873 Apr  4 23:06 nt.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 satta satta  67677434457 Apr  4 23:28 nt.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 satta satta  67640576030 Apr  4 23:51 nt.4

My suspicion is still something to do with the huge size of the dataset. Could you briefly comment on the 64- vs. 32-bit question?
I must admit I have no idea about Singularity.