[STDCXX-66] implement large file support in iostreams

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0
• Component/s: 27. Input/Output

Environment

AIX 5.2
VisualAge C++ Professional / C for AIX Compiler, Version 6

• Severity: Usability
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeremy Dean
• Created: 12/Nov/05 02:22
• Updated: 14/Dec/07 20:33

Description

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
std::ifstream i;
try
{
i.open("/tmp/largeFile.txt",std::ios::in);

if ( i.good() )

{ char s[1024]; i >> s ; // .getline(s, 100); std::cout << s << std::endl; }

else

{ std::cout << "Open error\n"; }

}
catch(...)

{ std::cout << "error\n"; }

return 0;
}