[Box Backup-dev] Re: [Box Backup] First official Win32 release
Martin Ebourne
boxbackup-dev at fluffy.co.uk
Sat Jan 28 01:03:47 GMT 2006
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 23:34 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Martin Ebourne wrote:
>
> > I take it the windows specific functions don't use off_t? If so then
> > detect the windows functions, and make AC_SYS_LARGEFILE conditional on
> > their absence. If present then just set the largefile define(s).
>
> Thanks, that solves all my problems except for Box Backup's use of off_t.
I think your earlier suggestion of a box specific type would be the best
plan, and typedef it to off_t except in the case of using the windows
fns, then to int64_t or whatever else makes sense. Something like
box_off_t or BoxFileOffset would make sense.
Cheers,
Martin.
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