Re: to read larger files using POSIX functions
Re: to read larger files using POSIX functions
- Subject: Re: to read larger files using POSIX functions
- From: Steve Checkoway <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:23:50 -0800
On Jan 10, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Navneet Kumar wrote:
i'm using open() and pread() programatically.
As opposed to what?
On 11-Jan-08, at 1:32 AM, Navneet Kumar wrote:
but when i read my file beyond 2 GB it shows different data every
time, suggesting that it failed. because the data inside the file
remains the same.
Are you using off_t as your file position? If you're using a signed
four byte file position, I could see strange things happening once
your numbers went negative. Are you checking the return value of
pread()?
--
Steve Checkoway
"Anyone who says that the solution is to educate the users
hasn't ever met an actual user." -- Bruce Schneier
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