From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-12-03T19:01:00+09:00
Subject: Re: File.size() returning negative for large files ????

On Dec 3, 2006, at 24:30 , Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> On 12/3/06, Damjan Rems <d_rems@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Greg Hauptmann wrote:
>>> 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)
>>
>> It is not yours, but Windows fault.
>
> Is there a work around for this guys?

[-1001581].pack('l').unpack('L').first # => 4293965715

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