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Re: GNU File Utilities
Christopher Jones wrote:
>
> Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Christopher Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:34:42AM +0100, Markus Hammele wrote:
> > > > > Is it possible, that the file utilities can't display file sizes
> > > > > bigger than 2 (4) GB. At least this is what happened here?
> > > >
> > > > Yes. Cygwin is using 32 bit all around.
> > >
> > > The posix C api for Windows defines a number of 64 bit file routines.
> > > If someone wanted, they could change cygwin to use these, right?
> > >
> >
> > No, not right. You could possibly modify the Cygwin API to use 64 bit
> > file routines but you can't use routines from a different runtime.
>
> Thanks, I was right. "change cygwin" == "modify the Cygwin API"
>
No, you said, "change cygwin" == "Use the posix C api for Windows". You
can't do that, you have to create new api's for Cygwin.
Earnie.
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