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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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