From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-08-08T06:15:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about File::Stat and file size

On Aug 7, 2008, at 13:53 PM, Overdorf, Sam wrote:
> I frequently use the File::Stat structure.
>
> I have found the size element is not large enough for DVD's (4Gigs)
> because it always comes out as a negative number.
>
> I also use the restart feature of ftp when transferring a DVD image  
> and
> find that the Ruby implementation does not support this large of a  
> file
> so I can't restart a transfer picking up where it left off.
>
> Does anyone know if this will be addressed in future implementations  
> of
> Ruby?

I think the problem is in your operating system:

$ ll big
-rw-r--r--  1 drbrain  staff  17179869185 Aug  7 14:13 big
$ ruby -e 'p File::Stat.new("big").size'
17179869185
$ ruby -e 'p File::Stat.new("big").size.class'
Bignum
$ uname -a
Darwin dhcp-218.coop.robotcoop.com 9.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.4.0:  
Mon Jun  9 19:30:53 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.5.20~1/RELEASE_I386 i386