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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:36:33 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan)
Cc:        adrian@staff.psinet.net.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 64 bit number definitions?
Message-ID:  <199704220506.OAA13118@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970422140745.10264D-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> from Daniel O'Callaghan at "Apr 22, 97 02:10:35 pm"

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Daniel O'Callaghan stands accused of saying:
> 
> File offsets are described as off_t which is a quad_t, which is a 'long 
> long'.
> 
> I don't know why off_t is not u_quad_t (unsigned long long).

So you can seek backwards.

> Danny

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