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- From: tching@target.water.ca.gov (Tracy Ching <SysAdmin>)
- Subject: Re: Negative file size... Was: A few UNIX questions
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.204824.1711@csus.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:48:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug27.162220.16130@krfiny.uucp> jeffj@krfiny.uucp (J. Jonas) writes:
- >>mike@BRL.MIL ( Mike Muuss) writes:
- >>: From: Michael Panosh <mwp.michael@melpn1.prime.com> PrimeService, Australia
- >>: > Can *anyone* tell me why the file size is a signed integer. Surely there
- >>: > is no need for negative sized files!!
- >>Umm, and a *signed* file size helps, does it?
- >....
- >I know of no possible time a file could have a negative size.
- >Jeffrey Jonas
- >jeffj@synsys.uucp
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- I guess the negative file size is analogous to negative resistance.
- (something for the non-electronic unix buffs to chew on...) Just my $.02
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