large files

[Toni Mueller <deb-l@tonimueller.org>]

Hello,

On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:36:50PM +0100, Zdenek Moravek wrote:
> We need to create and use files whose size exceeds 2GB. Is there any 
> support for large filesytems on the developres level in the new release of 
> Debian so that one may construct applications working on these files,

afaik this would not be sufficient. The reason is that you also
need to have the "usual" APIs support your large files, and the
applications make use of that support in an appropriate manner.

Also, I'm unaware of a C data type that would denote eg. a
64 bit number...


Best Regards,
--Toni++