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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-09-06 00:32:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-09-06 00:32:15 (GMT) |
| commit | 6e13a562ae01a962612ca76f9afcc7211240236e (patch) | |
| tree | 272a23269db39f82d12388554cac8497f2dc4bab /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | 97f4a33e125dc14c72070bbf38f723aaa26b9df7 (diff) | |
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Enable large file support on Win32 systems.
Curious: the MS docs say stati64 etc are supported even on Win95, but
Win95 doesn't support a filesystem that allows partitions > 2 Gb.
test_largefile: This was opening its test file in text mode. I have no
idea how that worked under Win64, but it sure needs binary mode on Win98.
BTW, on Win98 test_largefile runs quickly (under a second).
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@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ Tests Windows +- Large file support is now enabled on Win32 platforms as well as on + 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). + - The w9xpopen hack is now used on Windows NT and 2000 too when COMPSPEC points to command.com (patch from Brian Quinlan). |