Re: iostream and files larger than 4GB
Robert Kochem wrote:
I am relative new to C++ regarding it's functions and libraries. I need to
access files larger than 4GB which is AFAIK not possible with the STL
iostream - at least not if using a 32 bit compiler. iostream was my
favorite as my code has to work on files as well as memory buffers...
Have you actually tried and failed, or is that only your speculation?
Could somebody please help me what functions/classes are the best in this
case?
BTW: I am currently using Visual C++ 2008 on Win32, but if possible I want
to write my code as "portable as possible".
AFAIK, even standard C Library functions like fread and fseek should
work with large files. And since C++ I/O streams are relatively thin
wrappers around C streams, those are expected to work just as well.
Write a program, see if you get it to work, if not, post your code and
explain the situation.
V
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