>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Trying some very simple reading of a large xml file over 2 gig... in its simplest form...
>>>
>>>// open the file
>>>fopen( FileHandle, cNameOfFile )
>>>
>>>// advance to the end of the file...
>>>fseek( FileHandle, 0L, SEEK_END )
>>>
>>>I get a -1 on the call to FSEEK indicating an error...
>>>
>>>What I'm trying to do is just get a verification at the end of the file looking for what should be a valid closing XML tag info... So what I want is to just skip back about 20 characters from the end of the file and return the last 20 characters...
>>>
>>>I would have expected to do something as simple as
>>>
>>>fseek( FileHandle, -20L, SEEK_END )
>>>
>>>then
>>>fread( FileHandle, sizeof( char ), 20, MyBuffer )
>>>
>>>
>>>Am I missing something stupid, or is it just something associated with files over 2 gig...
>>
>>Try to use _fseek64() function.
>
>Good point! I didn't realise that it was C++ question originally, but with your help I found
>
>http://www.codeproject.com/file/64-bit_fileio.asp


Oops,
I misspelled the function name it is:
_fseeki64 not fseek64