- bool Read(void *To,unsigned long Size,unsigned long *Actual = 0);
- bool Write(const void *From,unsigned long Size);
- bool Seek(unsigned long To);
- bool Skip(unsigned long To);
- bool Truncate(unsigned long To);
- unsigned long Tell();
- unsigned long Size();
- unsigned long FileSize();
+ bool Read(void *To,unsigned long long Size,unsigned long long *Actual = 0);
+ bool Write(const void *From,unsigned long long Size);
+ bool Seek(unsigned long long To);
+ bool Skip(unsigned long long To);
+ bool Truncate(unsigned long long To);
+ unsigned long long Tell();
+ unsigned long long Size();
+ unsigned long long FileSize();
+
+ /* You want to use 'unsigned long long' if you are talking about a file
+ to be able to support large files (>2 or >4 GB) properly.
+ This shouldn't happen all to often for the indexes, but deb's might be…
+ And as the auto-conversation converts a 'unsigned long *' to a 'bool'
+ instead of 'unsigned long long *' we need to provide this explicitely -
+ otherwise applications magically start to fail… */
+ __deprecated bool Read(void *To,unsigned long long Size,unsigned long *Actual)
+ {
+ unsigned long long R;
+ bool const T = Read(To, Size, &R);
+ *Actual = R;
+ return T;
+ }
+