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to: kishpa{at}beholderbbs.org
from: Kim Heino
date: 2019-02-10 17:19:44
subject: Issue listing very big files

> a very big file is listed with an erroneous size in BBBS while the
> Operating System is listing it with the correct size.
> 10010004.zip 180510  293M    0 LES VAMPIRES
> -rw-r--r-- 1 bbbs bbbs 8897599796 mai 10  2018 10010004.zip

BBBS uses 32 bit integer for file size. It wraps to zero on 4294967296.

8897599796 - 4294967296 - 4294967296 = 307665204 = 293MB.

Sorry, this is not yet fixed on today's release.

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
* Origin: * BCG-Box, On The Air Since 11th February 1987! * (2:222/2)
SEEN-BY: 15/0 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/57 116/18 120/331 123/140 128/2 153/7715
SEEN-BY: 218/700 220/60 222/2 230/150 152 240/1120 250/1 261/38 100 266/404
SEEN-BY: 266/512 267/155 275/100 280/464 282/1031 1056 291/1 111 320/119 219
SEEN-BY: 340/400 342/13 396/45 633/267 640/1384 712/132 620 848 770/1 801/161
SEEN-BY: 801/189 3634/12 5020/1042
@PATH: 222/2 261/38 712/848 633/267

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