Re: using lseek() on large files

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 01:46:43PM -0600, James Rich wrote:
> Is it correct the xfs supports file sizes larger than can be addressed by
> lseek()?  lseek() uses a long as the offset, which on my system is 32
> bits.  If it is correct that XFS supports such large file sizes, how are
> the file contents accessed?  And does the kernel syscall allow larger
> offsets?
> 

There is an lseeek64 variant which takes a 64 bit offset on all
platforms.  xfs_mkfile.c uses this, for example.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan