If you used print it will be displayed correctly: 

C:\test>dir huge.3.5GB
2008-11-25  09:29     3,758,096,387 huge.3.5GB
               1 File(s)  3,758,096,387 bytes

C:\test>perl -wle"print -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.3.5GB
3758096387

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You'll only see the problem if you use printf with %d: 

C:\test>perl -wle"printf qq[%d\n], -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.3.5GB
-536870909

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And you can avoid that by using %f or %u instead: 

C:\test>perl -wle"printf qq[%.f\n], -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.3.5GB
3758096387

C:\test>perl -wle"printf qq[%u\n], -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.3.5GB
3758096387

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However, %u is limited to 2**32-1 (a limitation by design that %.f doesn't have): 

C:\test>dir huge.6.0GB
2008-11-25  09:40     6,442,450,947 huge.6.0GB
               1 File(s)  6,442,450,947 bytes

C:\test>perl -wle"printf qq[%u\n], -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.6.0GB
4294967295

C:\test>perl -wle"printf qq[%.f\n], -s $ARGV[ 0 ]" huge.6.0GB
6442450947

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This "problem" is nothing to do with filesizes (or win32 per se), but rather that printf %d treats numbers as signed integers, so values between 2**31 and 2**32 are displayed as negative. They are held correctly internally.

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In reply to Re: How do I get correct file size for huge file under Win32? by BrowserUk
in thread How do I get correct file size for huge file under Win32? by SadEmperor

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