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From: jd@isd.net (Jim Drinkwater)
Subject: _BSD_OFF_T_ type long long
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Why is _BSD_OFF_T_ defined as type long long (see below)
in <machine/ansi.h>?  I am running FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP.


#define _BSD_OFF_T_     long long               /* file offset */


Thanks in advance.

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Jim Drinkwater
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