OpenEuphoria

1. filesize error

• Posted by useless_ Nov 30, 2012
• 1867 views
• Last edited Dec 01, 2012

I'm lazy, here's the irc log of me talking about it...

[20:24] * any33068445 looks alarmed at Matt 
[20:25] <any33068445> the writefile opened as "ab" is not going above 2^32 exactly as reported by winxp (explorer and dosbox), but i used dos type command to append a 2.6G file to another 2.5G file, and it is reported to be 5.2G, as it should 
[20:26] <any33068445> it's the Eu file that's not being reported as the size it should be 
[20:58] <any33068445> ok, i started a eu app to make a 5.2G file, one line ata  time 
.. 9 pm Friday 11/30/2012 .. 
.. 10 pm Friday 11/30/2012 .. 
[22:01] <any33068445> batman, we have a problem 
[22:02] <any33068445> this filesize has also stopped increasing at : 4.00 GB (4,294,967,296 bytes) 
[22:02] <any33068445> 2^32 = 4,294,967,296 

The app reported this on terminating:

[22:03] <any33068445> running 
[22:03] <any33068445> Before closing: 4294967296 
[22:03] <any33068445> After closing: 4294967296 
[22:03] <any33068445> Press Any Key to quit 

Explorer reports filesize as 2^32 bytes
Dos dir reports it as 2^32 bytes.

Code used is at : http://openeuphoria.org/pastey/173.wc

I also used dos command "type" to append to a file, using the same 2.6G readfile and same writefile name, it correctly built a 5.2G (reported) file.

ADDED: I was using:

Euphoria Interpreter v4.0.4 
   Windows, Using Managed Memory 
   Revision Date: 2012-04-02, Id: 11a49820121f 
 

ADDED part 2: C:\euphoria40b4-3412\bin\eui.exe also truncated at 2^32 bytes exactly.

ADDED part 3: eui.exe and euiw.exe on the Nov28 build of v4.1.0 work properly.

ADDED part 4 : version 4.0.4 euiw.exe also trucates at 2^32.

useless

3. Re: filesize error

• Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Dec 01, 2012
• 1797 views

I suspect it won't make a difference, but has anyone tried 4.0.5 ?

Another thing to try would be a MinGW build of 4.0

5. Re: filesize error

• Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Dec 02, 2012
• 1762 views

I was just looking for additional data points that could narrow the cause of the issue.

7. Re: filesize error

• Posted by useless_ Dec 03, 2012
• 1792 views

The display of the filesize is not causing a filesize. Neither is the bad display of filesize causing a bad filesize. When the filesize is being limited to 2^32, it doesn't matter that is being shown, the filesize is unchangingly stable at 2^32.

The error in display is shown in
http://designerthinking.com/images/NEGSIZE1.JPG
http://designerthinking.com/images/NEGSIZE2.JPG
and is NOT the individual filesize on the left, which is correct, but the folder total, which i have placed a red arrow on. There is pattern of clicks to cause the size display error, if i do not click on a file which has a size over 2^32, then Explorer makes no error in the display. Either way, the individual size on the left is correct.

That said, twice today v4.0.4 eui and euiw failed, and twice today both wrote files over 2^32. I do not know what is going on. Eu v4.1.0.Nov28 has not failed in any filesize test.

useless

9. Re: filesize error

• Posted by petelomax Dec 04, 2012
• 1689 views

That looks suspiciously like Windows 98, which has a 4GB file size limit iirc (google just confirmed it: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/142437-exfat-filesystem-for-win-9xme )

11. Re: filesize error

• Posted by mattlewis (admin) Dec 04, 2012
• 1655 views

It seemed like he was wondering if you were, because if you were, he had a good explanation. But, yes, get angry because...I don't know. Just get angry...

Matt

13. Re: filesize error

• Posted by mattlewis (admin) Dec 05, 2012
• 1597 views

I'm sorry that this is so for you.

If it were me, I'd probably say, "No, this is WinXP with the classic skin, and so the filesystem is NTFS."

If Pete had been abusive or even mildly snarky, perhaps a response such as you gave would have been justified. If you feel that you must lash out when someone has apparently missed a detail you previously gave and attempts to give good faith advice, then you should probably be prepared to be called out on that.

Not that I don't get frustrated when I have to explain myself multiple times. But it doesn't excuse my bad behavior either.

Matt

> so i  ran chkdsk, it reported no errors, i verify my copy of winxp is legal and up 
 to date on patches, i open exploder and click on each file in order of size, up to 
 and including the 5.11G txt file which Euphoria-4.1.0-Nov28 built, and then i click 
 back down the file list , and all files display properly 
 
> then i start up the eu app running Euphoria-4.1.0-Nov28 , all is still fine in 
 exploder, until Eu opens the 5.11G file to append more data, then exploder starts 
 showing negative numbers in the right status bar box again 
 
> so like i said, it's a matter of the file being open and active, and not a 
 corruted disk or borked os 
 
> either way, doesn't explain the different results with 4.0.4 vs 4.1.0 

15. Re: filesize error

• Posted by useless_ Dec 07, 2012
• 1502 views

Whatever the reason(s) i could not do this with Eu v4.0.4, the application i wrote did complete successfully last nite with v4.1.0.Nov28, building a text file of 11.0 GB (11,885,725,664 bytes). So even if there is some error in me being unable to v4.0.4 to run the app over 2^32 bytes, i can confirm that v4.1.0.Nov28 does work as expected.

useless