Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-32,: Re: super quick >2GB question

# Re: super quick >2GB question

Ricky Beam (jfbeam@bluetopia.net)
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:22:43 -0400 (EDT)

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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Mark Lehrer wrote:
>Could you just recompile these utilities with the 2.4 headers and
>expect them to start working correctly?

As I understand, no. There's an option to open() to allow large file support
as the application needs to be aware of the possible 32bit int overflow.

--Ricky

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