Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ext2 file sizes | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:26:31 -0700 (PDT) | From | "David Parsons" <> |
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Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > On 15 Sep 1999, david parsons wrote: > > > In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.990915150738.775A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>,
> > >Note that on a 32-bit machine, toff_t, used as fpos_t, for file offsets, > > >i.e., lseek, is unsigned 32 bits. You will not be able to access such a > > >file on a 32-bit machine.
> > Sure you will; either via the traditional start-at-the-front and > > read 'til you're finished method, or relative lseek, or llseek.
> I note you deleted the rest of the answer including the working being > done with the long-long on Linux. This abuse is unconsionable.
Excuse me?
``abuse'' ?
That word does not mean what you think it means. If I had called you a moron or told you to take a valium, that might possibly be abuse, but this is not.
Take your hand off the trigger and try to think before you reply.
____ david parsons \bi/ Perhaps a nice long vacation? \/
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