From 9a9471ca1cf044ed7e466cee9a84401824201dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:18:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add info about Windows filesystem limits. --- Misc/NEWS | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index ecc45887627..b282559bf5a 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ Windows Win64. This means that, for example, you can use f.tell() and f.seek() to manipulate files larger than 2 gigabytes (provided you have enough disk space, and are using a Windows filesystem that supports large - partitions). + partitions). Windows filesystem limits: FAT has a 2GB (gigabyte) + filesize limit, and large file support makes no difference there. + FAT32's limit is 4GB, and files >= 2GB are easier to use from Python now. + NTFS has no practical limit on file size, and files of any size can be + used from Python now. - The w9xpopen hack is now used on Windows NT and 2000 too when COMPSPEC points to command.com (patch from Brian Quinlan).