Re: [Mingw-users] getting the size of large files under ntfs

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

<quote who="Earl Kinmonth">
> In comparing various packages that provide an UNIX-like under Windows, I
> found that the stat() function in the MINGW clib does not return the
> proper
> file size for files over 4 gigabytes.

You need to use _stat64 and friends for large file size support.

> Presumably because it uses the same
> library, the ls command of MSYS also does not report the proper file size
> for files over 4 gigabytes.  (The size at which the failure takes place
> may
> be less.

Presumption is incorrect.  MSYS uses its own runtime and stat function. 
You'll need to offer patches to make it work as I'm not actively working
MSYS at the moment.


Earnie

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