Why am I unable to read or write a file of size greater than 2GB under Linux or MacOS with MATLAB 7.0 (R14)?

I am not able to use FOPEN or FWRITE on files greater than 2GB with MATLAB 7.0 (R14).

When I try to write more than 2GB to a file, I receive the following error:

 File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

When I try to open a file using the following format:

[fid, message] = fopen('myFile','r');

I receive the following error:

 message =

 File too large

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

There is a bug in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) that affects the way MATLAB reads files larger than 2 GB on Linux and MacOS machines.

There are no workarounds.