Eric Blake wrote: > Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes: > >> $ ./getlimits --help >> Usage: ./getlimits >> Output platform dependent limits in a format useful for shell scripts. >> >> $ ./getlimits >> OFF_T_MAX=9223372036854775807 >> OFF_T_OFLOW=9223372036854775808 >> OFF_T_MIN=-9223372036854775808 >> OFF_T_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809 > > I just thought of a counter-argument against including it in a distro - the > value of OFF_T_MAX is dependent on compile-time options (particularly on a 32- > bit machine, depending on whether you enabled large file support).
Good point. Proposal retracted.
