Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:08:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
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Subject: Re: tell() and 2^31 file sizes
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> What should tell() and friends return when the file pointer is beyond
> 2^31? -1? And set errno to what?

I think it should return -1 and set errno to ENOSYS.

> Do we need a _ltell() or _lltell()?

I don't know.  Do Linux and Solaris have something like that?