From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T05:47:43+09:00
Subject: Re: I can't read correct filesize of an 12 GByte file.

Åke Johansson wrote:
> I am trying this program but I get the wrong file size?
>
> sf = File.size('D:\DVD_CAPTURE\uvs040114-003.MPG')
> puts sf
>
> The file I try to read the size of = 12 152 090 kB is uvs040114-003.MPG
>
> This simple test program prints -441161728 is there a bug?
>
> It should print 12 152 090 000 bytes.
>
> Have I missed something??
>
>
> Best regards
> Åke Johansson
>
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require 'win32/file'

It should work after you do that.  Do gem install win32-file if you 
don't have win32-file (it's included with the latest one-click 
installer, though).

Regards,

Dan