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  8. From: heiby_u@falkor.chi.il.us (Ron Heiby)
  9. Subject: Re: File Size Limitations?
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  23. On 12 Aug 1998 16:29:53 GMT, jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
  24. wrote:
  25. >use of a 32-bit unsigned int to store the file size.
  26.  
  27. vs.
  28.  
  29. >you are limited to files of 2GB in size.
  30.  
  31. Could you clarify? I would expect the clarification to be "4GB", though I
  32. would understand "32-bit signed int" also. Of course, there may also be
  33. something a good deal more esoteric!
  34.  
  35. -- 
  36. Ron.