James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote:
> Glenn Fowler writes:
> > _LARGEFILE_SOURCE or not, sizeof(time_t)==4 for 32-bit objects
> > apparently sizeof(time_t)>4 for 64-bit objects?
> > so a file with mtime year > 2038 accessed by a 32-bit object
> > is mishandled in what way? just invalid st_mtime, or worse?
>
> Rather than return incorrect data, the system call itself fails.
This is no 100% correct:
>From a discussion fwith Frank Hofmann, I know that if you run a
32 bit kernel and try to acces a pcfs (FAT) filesystem with a time
stamp > 2038, the kernel will return the low 32 bits of the time_t.
A 64 Bit kernel will prevent you from accessing the file.
J?rg
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