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in thread get the size of a LARGE file

Multiplying the number of blocks by the size of one block does not give you the size of the file.

When the filesize is up in the gigabytes, the bytes lost by multiplying file blocks by disk blocksize are down in the noise. Given the uses that file sizes of this magnitude are put to (e.g., how much tape is needed to back this file up; how long will it take to move this file from A to B, and how much disk space will it need when it gets there), losing a few bytes doesn't matter.

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