gcc C++ app: need a double, but gcc converts back to long

[Mike MacCana]

On 4/18/07, Jack Andrews <effbiae@gmail.com> wrote:
> > problem to solve: the app fails on all files larger than 4.2GB. The
>
> 4.2GB is around 2^32B.  ie, you probably have an overflow problem

Yup.

> you want FileSize to return an  unsigned long long  (a 64 bit value),
> so declare fileSize as an unsigned long long.

Done.

> however, i get the impression that FileSize only returns a 32 bit
> value, so you need to  change this.  post the source for FileSize and
> i'll see if i can help.

Done. Other things that may be of interest:
* I'm compiling with  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS for large file support.
* Another potential cause fileList (see FSutils.cpp) somehow ignoring
large files - I can't see why but as I mentioned I'm not much of a C++
programmer.

Thanks very much,

Mike
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