Re: [xine-devel] 64-bit types and seeking

[Thomas F. <tfj...@sh...>]

On May 11, 2002 03:17 pm, Guenter Bartsch wrote:
> hi thomas,
>
> On Sat, 11 May 2002, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > > off_t is the right choice for anything file-related. otherwise
> > > i think using (u)int64_t is a good choice as well.
> >
> > But off_t is only 64bit when you define __USE_FILE_OFFSET64
> > otherwise its back to 32 bit... At least thats what I gather from
> > <sys/types.h>
>
> right. xine uses 64 bit file offsets (if available), that's why i
> think its a good idea to use off_t for file offsets and related
> things (if a platform doesn't support 64bit file offsets there's
> hope that things will still work using off_t which will then
> hopefully be defined as a 32bit type).
>
> if you definitely want 64bit, use (u)int64_t
>
> cheers,
>
>    guenter

I was just curious if you knew... I've talked to some people and they 
were totally unaware of the steps you have to take to use large file 
support.

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