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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:54:35 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Large File Handling - gcc 2.95.2-6 WinNT
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In-Reply-To:	<116B9AE9305AD211895E00805F655E51889AB1@sac-msg-01.medstat.com>; from Andy.Henderson@medstat.com on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 07:07:02PM -0400

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 07:07:02PM -0400, Andy Henderson wrote:
>I have a c program compiled using -mno-cygwin running on WinNT and reading a
>16GB file. It starts to lose partial data on record 40904665  where the
>records are 105 in size and eventually dies taking NT with it. This looks to
>be a 4GB file size problem. The program has run on aix AIX using the
>function fopen64 but I could not find an equivalent in the gcc libraries. I
>am still using fopen. Are functions available for large file handling.

No.  As has been discussed in this mailing list within the last two weeks,
Cygwin does not support large files.

And, to forestall the next inevitable question, we have no plans to add this
functionality.

Sorry.

cgf

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