On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Dvir Volk wrote:

> I'm using large files with
> -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 as a compiler flag, and that's it.
> i'm using open without any special flag, and without all the lseek64
> calls, etc, even the sizeof off_t is 64bit automatically.

that's the second way to do it - but it's not always the desireable
way - e.g. if you're adding features to an existing code base - then using
this flag could potentially break the code (e.g. if it casts off_t into
ints and vice versa).

-- 
guy

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 or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy

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