Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: large file support? | Date | Sat, 16 Aug 1997 20:43:10 +0100 (BST) |
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> As for mapping large files: no way. First, mmap(2) does not support > passing large offsets. If it would, the page cache would truncate the > MS 32 bits. If the page cache would be large-file-aware, the file > systems would truncate.
There is a draft standard for open64/read64/write64/mmap64/lseek64 - some if is a mess but it is there
> > 2) ext2fs supports large files? > No.
The space is however allocated in inodes ready to add it
Alan
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