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2004.11.23 21:51 "Re: compatibility patch", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Edward Lam wrote: > > If you look at the MSVCRT source, they are basically just wrappers around the > Win32 functions used in tif_win32.c anyhow. I would suggest that you take a > look yourself at tif_win32.c. I think that tif_win32.c might also be more > 64-bit friendly. If we have 4GB issues, they will likely lie more with the > fact that t_sizet is defined as int32 instead of uint32. Right. Even though NTFS can support huge files, most 32-bit Windows file access APIs are limited to supporting 2GB due to use of 32-bit signed offsets. Success can be achieved by using the POSIX-style underscore APIs (_read, _write, etc.). Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen