From: Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>
Date: 2006-12-03T19:58:19+09:00
Subject: Re: File.size() returning negative for large files ????

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excellent!!  thanks Eric - who knows how long that would have taken me to
discover for myself  :)


On 12/3/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
>
> 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 # =3D> 4293965715
>
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> Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net
>
> A: Yes
> Q: Is top-posting bad?
>   =97 Derek Milhous Zumsteg
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