Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:26:13 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Support for largefile: stat() returns 32 bit value Message-ID: <20010108142612.A32450@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3A5A1015.415B8A68@reversion.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A5A1015.415B8A68@reversion.ca>; from craig@reversion.ca on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:08:05AM -0800 On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:08:05AM -0800, Craig Nelson wrote: >Hi All, Just wondering if a future release will contain support for >large files ie: size greater than 2GB.. There are no plans to do this, no. As always, we are not adverse to contributions, though. >The stat() function call uses a "struct stat" (defined in stat.h). This st_size field is declared as >an off_t and sizeof() reports that is a 4 byte quantity. As such, single files larger than 2GB show an >invalid value for the st_size field. > >Is there a short term workaround for this? Not that I know of, no. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple