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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Joseph Gleason <clash@tasam.com>
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Subject: Re: Finding filesizes in C++ for files greater than 4gb
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Joseph Gleason wrote:
> 
> In FreeBSD, how can I determine the size of a file in C++ when the file is
> greater than 4gb?
> 
> Currently, I use stat() and use st_size.  That is limited to 4gb (32bit
> unsigned int)

Uh, st_size is an off_t, which is a signed 64 bit value,
not an unsigned 32 bit vale...

-- Terry

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