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From: Jeff Woods <Kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>
Subject: Re: Unsigned off_t?
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:53:03 -0600
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At 7/25/2005 08:47 +0000, Holger Kiehl wrote:
>I would like to have an unsigned off_t, what is the best and 
>portable way to define this? Currently I use the following code:
>
>    #if SIZEOF_OFF_T == 4
>    typedef unsigned long       u_off_t;
>    #else
>    typedef unsigned long long  u_off_t;
>    #endif
>
>SIZEOF_OFF_T is returned from the gnu autoconfig tools.
>
>Is this the correct way of doing this? Or is there some better more 
>portable way?

Does the following do what you want?

         typedef unsigned off_t u_off_t;

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Jeff Woods <kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>