From: Xavier Date: 2004-03-26T00:24:30+09:00 Subject: Re: File.stat.size errors with file sizes over 2Gigs. On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:44:20 +0900, Martin Weber wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 10:34:30PM +0900, Xavier wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:10:43 +0900, nobu.nokada wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > At Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:59:27 +0900, >> > Xavier wrote in [ruby-talk:95826]: >> >> It's not a ruby issue. You need to compile it (and your system as >> >> well) with large file support. >> > >> > The main problem is that MSVCRT doesn't provide it. >> >> I have no idea what MSVCRT is, but since it starts with MS, it must be >> part of a legacy OS that I haven't touched in a light year. > > It smells like microsoft visual c runtime. I didn't know, thanks. > The ``legacy OS'' you're talking about happens to be the platform the > OP runs on, so spare the derision for the appropriate lists please. No offense meant, sorry if I offended you. > (Others could be laughing you explicitely have to ``compile for large > file support'' -- where are we, in the 80s? Just spare it.) When did I say you had to explicitely compile for large file support yourself? It has to be done, though. You had not mentioned what your platform was so I could only assume that either your environment or your particular installation of ruby did not support large files. As mentioned, the only thing I did was "emerge ruby". It's not very complex, is it? BTW, why the 80s? Linux is younger, Unix and myself are quite older. That said, I leave this discussion as I obviously can't help you, sorry.