Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:14:30 -0500 | From | Jordan Mendelson <> | Subject | Re: lseek("/dev/hda1", 0, SEEK_END) returns 0 |
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Pavel Krauz wrote: > > Hi all > > I would like to ask you if the lseek with SEEK_END and offset of 0 > should return 0 > when used on raw devices like hard disk or cdrom. > By example Solaris 2.5 returns the correct length of partiton but Linux > 2.0 returns 0. > What is the right behaviour?
How big is your hard drive? lseek() returns a 32 bit signed value, which is probably too small for you (max of 2 gigs if my math is correct). llseek() may work though I believe you need glibc to use it.
Also, you are calling lseek() on a filedescriptor, not the actual name right? :)
Jordan
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