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Log files tool, negative file size #256135 22/12/15 07:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,150 France W Wims OP Hoopy frood
OP Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,150 France	The 'log file' tool displays negative file size for file bigger than what an unsigned int can contain (~2GB), mIRC should probably use a signed int there! #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: Log files tool, negative file size Wims #256153 24/12/15 12:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 32 F FreeTrav Ameglian cow
FreeTrav Ameglian cow F Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 32	Your description is kind of backwards from the norm; usually, the UINT can handle larger values than the SINT; the fact that you cite the tool as showing 'negative values' suggests that it is currently a SINT, and should be a UINT - or maybe even a ULONG; ISTR that the current incarnation of NTFS can handle file sizes that reach into the terabyte range (and maybe should be called 'terror-bytes').

Re: Log files tool, negative file size FreeTrav #256154 24/12/15 01:43 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,150 France W Wims OP Hoopy frood
OP Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,150 France	It is, I did mean to use an unsigned int instead of a signed one! #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: Log files tool, negative file size Wims #256288 06/01/16 01:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,424 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,424 London, UK	Thanks for your bug report. This issue has been fixed for the next version.

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