[ARROW-2470] [C++] FileGetSize() should not seek

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18655
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 18/Apr/18 20:47
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:21
• Resolved: 23/Apr/18 20:57

Description

FileGetSize() currently seeks to the end of file and reads the current file position. Instead it should simply call fstat on the file descriptor (or the Windows equivalent).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1934