From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-03-14T00:59:54+09:00
Subject: Re: FileTest.size > 2GB ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manuel Kasten [mailto:kasten.m@gmx.de] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:59 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: FileTest.size > 2GB ?
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using "ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]" and I'm 
> having problems with FileTest.size and files > 2GB. Seems it 
> doesn't return a Bignum for them, but a (wrapped) Fixnum. For 
> a 3GB File, thats a "size" of -1GB. Is there something I can 
> do about it? Is there an alternative?

Yes, use win32-file, available on the RAA.

Regards,

Dan