Re: linux 2.3/4 and large files
"Terry Katz" <katz@advanced.org> writes:
> > >>>>> "Terry" == Terry Katz <katz@advanced.org> writes:
> >
> > Terry> Does anyone know if there are plans on fixing this? (i know
> > Terry> this is not debian specific, just wondering if anyone knows...)
> >
> > >From what I've read in the past, Linus does not agree on changing this
> > for 32 bits machines. On 64 bits machines, off_t is 64 bits long,
> > allowing you to use large files (up to 2^63-1 bytes).
>
> Maybe not, but since Linux 2.3 allows for files larger than 2gig, Linux 2.4
> will as well... Isn't it going to be messy when it goes stable and people
> start wondering why
> files that should be >2gig are showing up as only a couple hundred meg ?
They won´t if programmed right, i.e. with llseek.
lseek can never work right on 32 Bit systems and off_t will also never
work for files > 2GB.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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