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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:49:59 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP and the Large File Summit (LFS)
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Hello.

Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> 
> According to Richard Dawe:
> > Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> > >
> > > According to Richard Dawe:
> > > > I've just started working on getting Large File Summit (LFS) support
> > > > in DJGPP. Basically this is a way of supporting files which exceed
> > > > the number of bytes representable by a positive signed 32b integer,
> > > > i.e.: 2GB - 1B. LFS has been integrated into the new POSIX standard.
> > >
> > > I don't mean to put you off, but why? The file syatem calls only
> > > support file sizes up to 2^32-2.
> >
> > 2^32-2 can't be represented only in the positive part of a signed 32b
> > integer.
> 
> Yes. So...?

A negative absolute offset into a file does not make sense.

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]