[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #393: shp2pgsql returns "fseek(-xxx) failed on DBF file." for large (>2GB) DBF files

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#393: shp2pgsql returns "fseek(-xxx) failed on DBF file." for large (>2GB) DBF
files
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 Reporter:  maximeguillaud                     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect                             |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium                             |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.4.2
Component:  postgis                            |     Version:               
 Keywords:  shp2pgsql fseek failed large file  |  
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 Running shp2pgsql on large files fails when the .DBF is over 2^31^ bytes.
 It throws multiple messages such as
 "`fseek(-2124469057) failed on DBF file.`"
 (with the quoted offset changing).

 An example of such large files is the europe_highway.shp in the archive at
 http://downloads.cloudmade.com/europe/europe.shapefiles.zip. These files
 are [http://www.osm.org OpenStreetMap] data.

 The attached patch fixes the problem for me on a Linux/amd64 platform.

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