From: Damjan Rems <d_rems@...>
Date: 2006-12-03T16:23:36+09:00
Subject: Re: File.size() returning negative for large files ????

Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting a negative number being returned for large files when using
> File.size()???  Any ideas?  One of my ruby books says an Integer can be 
> any
> size??
> 
> I'm using:
> - File.size(path)
> - getting negative number responses for large files (e.g. -1001581 where
> file was really around 3.2GB)
> - using Windows XP
> - using ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32]
> 
> thanks

It is not yours, but Windows fault.

by

TheR

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