Tom Lane wrote: > Philip Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is it my imagination, or is there a problem with the way pg_dump uses off_t > > etc. My understanding is that off_t may be 64 bits on systems with 32 bit > > ints. But it looks like pg_dump writes them as 4 byte values in all cases. > > It also reads them as 4 byte values. Does this seem like a problem to > > anybody else? > > Yes, it does --- the implication is that the custom format, at least, > can't support dumps > 4Gb. What exactly is pg_dump writing off_t's > into files for; maybe there's not really a problem? > > If there is a problem, seems like we'd better fix it. Perhaps there > needs to be something in the header to tell the reader the sizeof > off_t.
BSD/OS has 64-bit off_t's so it does support large files. Is there something I can test? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
