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Re: Whats the practical maximum file size using indexed allocation

Logan Shaw

2006-02-26, 8:48 pm

Jordan Abel wrote:
> I won't disagree that binary compatibility is good - but off_t should
> have been 64-bit to start with. On FreeBSD, off_t has NEVER been less
> than 64 bits.

Sure, that would have been nice, but aren't we talking about an API that
has been around since 10 megabytes was a really luxurious amount of
secondary storage? :-)

- Logan