Re: [Msys2-users] stat.h and large file sizes?

[David M. <dav...@gm...>]

On 19. 1. 2015 22:55, Greg Jung wrote:
> I'm working on a routine that returns file sizes and find that the 32-bit builds don't accomodate a larger byte-count typical of the large movie files or backup files found these days.  I'm testing cygwin64 (native cygwin build) and mingw/msys 32-bit build:64-bit version does ok: .
>   I presume when I go mingw64 it'll be positive, but is there a way to trick the 32-bit builds to bring a 64-bit size value?

I think you should be able to use some form of stat64, which uses 64-bit integers even on 32-bit platforms. See for example: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12568257

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David Macek