Thread: Max file size

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    Max file size

    Hello again,

    If ftell() return long type, is that mean that the maximum file size possible is LONG_MAX ??

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    Pretty much. Anything larger and you will have to resort to other APIs. I don't think the C standard has any other function for getting filesize, and especially not bigger than long.
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    Note here: just because ftell() can't return the correct size of the file does not mean this is the largest possible file-size. Native APIs may have different ways to give the value (e.g. a 64-bit integer even if "long" is 32-bit).

    Linux/Posix allows for a "fgetpos()" that has a larger value, for example.

    So, what I'm trying to say is "ftell() doesn't work on files longer than LONG_MAX", but it doesn't actually say ANYTHING about the largest possible file in that filesystem, OS or C runtime library.

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    Yep.

    I've created a 3000,000 kb.
    ftell() gave the right result until MAX_LONG after that it return -1.

    I actully created 9.5 GB file.
    Anyone know what is the limit in windows XP?

    Many thanks

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