From: Tammo Tjarks <tammo@...>
Date: 2007-10-28T22:40:04+09:00
Subject: Re: FTP size incorrect for files > 4GB

Hello,
I am not sure, but coud it be that the OS has only 32bit? Normally then
files bigger as $G should not be supported. But maybe also some of the
help-programs only 32bit. Only a guess.


Raymond O'Connor wrote:

> The net/ftp size method is supposed to return the size of a remote file,
> but when the size of the remote file is > 4GB it seems to return the
> wrong size.
> 
> The size of the remote file I'm testing is about 4.5 GB and size()
> returns about 0.5 GB.  Anyone having the same problems?  Is there
> somewhere I can report this problem?
> 
> Thanks