From: Siep Korteling <s.korteling@...>
Date: 2008-12-03T21:15:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Large file support on Windows

Lars Christensen wrote:
> Is there any way to get large file support on windows (>2^31 bytes)? I
> need File.size, IO#seek and IO#tell to work with large files on
> Windows.

If the filesystem is FAT32 then 4GB is the upper limit, no matter what 
OS. ntfs has no limitation on filesize (other then the available 
diskspace). Converting FAT32 to ntfs is simple, but there is no easy way 
back.

hth,

Siep
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