### Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Java API |

# Frequently Asked Questions

1. During one of the first calls to the Berkeley DB Java API, a DbException is thrown with a "Bad file number" or "Bad file descriptor" message.

   There are known large-file support bugs under JNI in various releases of the JDK. Please upgrade to the latest release of the JDK, and, if that does not help, disable big file support using the --disable-bigfile configuration option.

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