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Subject: Why is st_size defined as a signed int?
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Hi,

https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/master/bits/stat.h#L47

I see st_size is defined as __off_t, which should be a signed int. But
can a file size be negative. If not, why not use an unsigned int to
represent the file size? Thanks.

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Regards,
Peng