From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 21 22:07:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA14314 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 22:07:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA14297 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 22:07:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA13118; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:36:33 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704220506.OAA13118@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 64 bit number definitions? In-Reply-To: from Daniel O'Callaghan at "Apr 22, 97 02:10:35 pm" To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:36:33 +0930 (CST) Cc: adrian@staff.psinet.net.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Daniel O'Callaghan stands accused of saying: > > File offsets are described as off_t which is a quad_t, which is a 'long > long'. > > I don't know why off_t is not u_quad_t (unsigned long long). So you can seek backwards. > Danny -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[