On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:37:28PM +1000, Damien Solley wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 19:17, Jukka Salmi wrote: > > I'm having problems with opening large (>2 GB) files on a Debian testing > > System: > > > > --- > > #include <sys/types.h> > > #include <sys/stat.h> > > #include <fcntl.h> > > [...] > > int fd; > > fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE); > > [...] > > --- > > > > gcc complains that O_LARGEFILE is undeclared. However, if I > > #define O_LARGEFILE 0100000 > > the program works. > > > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a problem with the header files? I'm using > > libc6 2.3.1-16 and gcc 3.3.1 (both latest Debian testing packages) on a > > i386 system. > > Old kernel version? AFAIK, you need a recent (ish) kernel to create > files greater than 2GB.
He was talking about the symbol *not being defined*, which means that it can't be a kernel issue (at least in Debian, where kernel headers in /usr/include are controlled by glibc; certainly not a question of the running kernel). My other mail should have the answer, I believe. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
