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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-09-11 23:18:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-09-11 23:18:51 (GMT) |
| commit | 9a9471ca1cf044ed7e466cee9a84401824201dd7 (patch) | |
| tree | eaef62480a45bd1c307233e6770e0c42e22b7a16 | |
| parent | 69c2de3ad69219d60c53827670856deee6f4241c (diff) | |
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Add info about Windows filesystem limits.
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 6 |
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@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ Windows Win64. This means that, for example, you can use f.tell() and f.seek() to manipulate files larger than 2 gigabytes (provided you have enough disk space, and are using a Windows filesystem that supports large - partitions). + partitions). Windows filesystem limits: FAT has a 2GB (gigabyte) + filesize limit, and large file support makes no difference there. + FAT32's limit is 4GB, and files >= 2GB are easier to use from Python now. + NTFS has no practical limit on file size, and files of any size can be + used from Python now. - The w9xpopen hack is now used on Windows NT and 2000 too when COMPSPEC points to command.com (patch from Brian Quinlan). |