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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:29:43 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To: hibablu <c.discussions@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Definition of off64_t
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In the last episode (Sep 30), hibablu said:
> I am trying to port an application written on Linux to FreeBSD.
> During compile, I am getting an error saying that off64_t is not
> defined.  Which header file do I need to include to get the definition
> for off64_t ?

There is no need for an off64_t on FreeBSD.  The program should use
off_t instead, and on Linux, they should add the compiler flags
"-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" so that off_t is 64 bits
on Linux as well.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com