Re: file sizes shown incorrectly for large files under Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Jason Rumney <address@hidden>
> Date: 13 Nov 2003 22:02:47 +0000
> > 
> > Is the Windows definition of off_t 32-bit as well?
> 
> Yes. This thread is now becoming circular.

Sorry if I missed this part of the discussion before.

> > > > AFAIK, on other platforms, either `stat' supports 64-bit sizes or you
> > > > need a 64-bit build for that.
> > > 
> > > Windows falls into the latter category.
> > 
> > Really?  Does that mean that FindFirstFile can bring only the low 32
> > bits of the file's size unless some special compilation option is
> > used?
> 
> FindFirstFile is a system call, it does not rely on stat.

Yse, but what I understood you were saying that it doesn't always
support files larger than 4GB.  Now I see that I misunderstood, and
that you were actually saying something else.  What was that?