64-bit file support in ls

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) lhall@rfk.com
Mon Apr 1 06:53:00 GMT 2002


At 12:38 PM 3/31/2002, Chris January wrote:
>Will the 'ls' command support 64-bit file sizes anytime soon?
>I thought a 4Gb file had suddenly shrunk to 180Mb before realising the file
>size had wrapped round.


All I can suggest is to look at the source and see if there is something that
you can do to help the task along.  AFAIK, it's a work in progress.  But
progress usually benefits from help.



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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