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Re: Browser limits

  • Subject: Re: Browser limits
  • From: Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:06:58 -0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Institute of Lawsonomy, Department of Suction and Pressure
  • References: <1155736082.30020.0@damia.uk.clara.net> <1503206.yZtDgldvZY@schestowitz.com> <muGEg.167$2J6.54@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>
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In article <muGEg.167$2J6.54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim wrote:
> (4GB). The filesize limit of the lowest common denominator of filesystems,
> that being FAT32 as used on flash drives, is 2GB. Perhaps this is what
> browser limitations are keyed for?

I think you are all massively overanalyzing this.  It's probably something
much simpler, like the browser using a 32-bit signed integer to hold the
file size, so bad things happen when you try to pass 2^31-1 bytes.

-- 
--Tim Smith

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