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it looks like if I use _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64 that would do the trick.
I'm going to try some stuff. I'll "report" back when I get any results.
Thanks for the input all. :)

<anders>

On 19 Nov 2000, at 21:44, Aaron Crane wrote:

> "G. Mall=E9n" <mallen at chispa.com.mx> writes:
> > The 2 GB limit comes from the fact that C uses a long integer (signed)=
 to
> > store the position of the file where you are reading/writing.  This is
> > obvious in the fseek and fpos man page:
> > 
> > SYNOPSIS
> >        #include <stdio.h>
> > 
> >        int fseek( FILE *stream, long offset, int whence);
> >        long ftell( FILE *stream);
> 
> When compiling, if you
> 
>     #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
> 
> before including any system headers, then you get the additional functio=
ns
> 
>     int fseeko(FILE *stream, off_t offset, int whence);
>     off_t ftello(FILE *stream);
> 
> If you also define
> 
>     #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
> 
> then you get
> 
>     int fseeko64(FILE *stream, off64_t offset, int whence);
>     off64_t ftello64(FILE *stream);
> 
> Alternatively, defining
> 
>     #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
> 
> makes off_t (as used in fseeko() and ftello() and several other function=
s) a
> 64-bit type.  Note that all this relates only to libc and compilation
> support; you also need a kernel and filesystem that handle large files.
> 
> By the way, this sort of thing was discussed here about three weeks ago.
> You might find some additional information if you search the archive for
> messages with the subject "FW: HELP!".
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Crane   <aaron.crane at pobox.com>   <URL:http://pobox.com/~aaronc/>
> 
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