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From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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> Hmm, I'm still not clear on why you cannot use sendfile()?
> I was not aware of any upper limit to the file size in order
> for sendfile() to be used?  From what little I know, this
> is exactly the kind of situation that sendfile was intended
> to benefit.

I can't use sendfile(). I'm working with files > 4GB, and from man 2 sendfile:

ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count);

int main() {
	ssize_t s1;
	off_t offset;
	size_t count;

	printf("sizeof ssize_t: %d\n", sizeof s1);
	printf("sizeof size_t: %d\n", sizeof count);
	printf("sizeof off_t: %d\n", sizeof offset);
	return 0;
}

running it

$ ./sendfile_test
sizeof ssize_t: 4
sizeof size_t: 4
sizeof off_t: 4
$ 

as far as I'm concerned, this will not allow me to address files past the 4GB 
limit (or was it 2?)

roy

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