[Vm-dev] [unix[ Large file support (was: StandardFileStream size limit?)

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Jun 14 12:59:12 UTC 2012


On 2012-06-14, at 14:29, David T. Lewis wrote:

> I just double checked, and it turns out that it is not true that the standard
> interpreter VM works. The interpreter VM works for large files when compiled as
> a 64-bit executable, and it works when compiled as a 32-bit executable your
> instructions for the LFS flags are followed. But the officially distributed
> 32-bit interpreter VM does not have LFS support enabled, and if you open a file
> list on very large file, the file size will not be displayed correctly.
> 
> Dave

Ah, okay. So I guess it would be a Good Idea to enable LFS in the interpreter too, right? There shouldn't be bad side effects.

- Bert -

PS: Don't give me too much credit. These are not "my" instructions, I just found and posted them :)



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