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Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:36:02 -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: <20010807111748.H22015@cygbert.vinschen.de>; from cygwin@cygwin.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:17:48AM +0200

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:17:48AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:04:51AM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>> On Monday 6 Aug 01, Christopher Faylor writes:
>> > 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.
>>
>>I guess this should go into the FAQ, then.
>
>Just the part about "no support of 64bit file access currently."
>
>We had that question often and Chris answer is somewhat short.  "no
>plans to add it" means, nobody is scheduled to do it and we don't have
>any volunteers which are interested in adding it currently.  OF COURSE
>we would gladly appreciate any work on this.

I think my answer was on the money, actually.

If it isn't clear by now that we accept contributions and that we don't
just reject patches out of hand then I give up.

Or, maybe that's another FAQ entry

I have some changes that I've made to the Cygwin DLL.  Will they be accepted?

Yes.  Patches are gratefully accepted.  However, to minimize email churning,
please check out the Contributing link at http://cygwin.com/ .

cgf

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