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1.3.3: Incorrect file size for 2GB+ long files
- To: "Emmanuel Blot" <emmanuel dot blot at sun dot com>
- Subject: 1.3.3: Incorrect file size for 2GB+ long files
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:13:57 +0100
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <02b101c15643$4fd4d3b0$12dc9c81@oulx>
Cygwin does not support file sizes > 2GB. Sorry.
(I need to make a FAQ entry for this...)
David
On Tuesday 16 Oct 01, Emmanuel Blot writes:
> System Windows 2000 SP2, NTFS/5
>
> I have a big AVI (AVi/2: OpenDML) file of 2,380,634,412 byte long, on a NTFS/5 file (non
> compressed, non encrypted)
>
> * Windows reports 2,380,634,412 bytes
> * Cygwin reports 18,446,744,071,795,218,732 bytes (!!)
> ...
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