Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 1997 14:41:17 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Should off_t become unsigned?
In-Reply-To:	<199710121729.NAA07720@delorie.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971013144009.11407G-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > So it means that DJGPP won't support files larger than 2GB on FAT32 
> > volumes.  Or am I missing anything?
> 
> DJGPP won't support stat or lseek on such files.

There's also a problem with writing data when the file pointer is
beyond 2GB.  If the file wasn't open with the FAT32 bit set, the
file won't be extended beyond 2GB (the call silently fails).

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