- Based on bug #1815692, we introduce libssh2_sftp_seek2() that allows seeking

beyond the 2GB margin even on 32bit machines.

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Version 0.19 ( )
 -------------------------------
 
+- Based on bug #1815692, we introduce libssh2_sftp_seek2() that allows seeking
+  beyond the 2GB margin even on 32bit machines.
+
 - Based on a patch in bug #1878059 by Steven Ayre libssh2 now parses >2GB file
   sizes when downloading SCP files.
 

docs/libssh2_sftp_seek.3

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: libssh2_sftp_seek.3,v 1.1 2007/06/14 16:08:43 jehousley Exp $
+.\" $Id: libssh2_sftp_seek.3,v 1.2 2008/09/29 14:11:30 bagder Exp $
 .\"
 .TH libssh2_sftp_seek 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
 .SH NAME
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ libssh2_sftp_seek - set the read/write position indicator within a file
 void 
 libssh2_sftp_seek(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle, size_t offset);
 
+void 
+libssh2_sftp_seek2(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle, libssh2_uint64_t offset);
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fIhandle\fP - SFTP File Handle as returned by 
 .BR libssh2_sftp_open(3)
@@ -22,5 +25,7 @@ file access appear more POSIX like. No packets are exchanged with the server
 during a seek operation. The localized file pointer is simply used as a 
 convenience offset during read/write operations.
 
+Note that the \fBlibssh2_sftp_seek2(3)\fP function was added in 0.19 to make it
+possible to seek in large files even on 32bit systems.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR libssh2_sftp_open(3)

include/libssh2_sftp.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2004-2007, Sara Golemon <sarag@libssh2.org>
+/* Copyright (c) 2004-2008, Sara Golemon <sarag@libssh2.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms,
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ LIBSSH2_API int libssh2_sftp_close_handle(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle);
 #define libssh2_sftp_closedir(handle)               libssh2_sftp_close_handle(handle)
 
 LIBSSH2_API void libssh2_sftp_seek(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle, size_t offset);
-#define libssh2_sftp_rewind(handle)         libssh2_sftp_seek((handle), 0)
+LIBSSH2_API void libssh2_sftp_seek2(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle, libssh2_uint64_t offset);
+#define libssh2_sftp_rewind(handle)         libssh2_sftp_seek2((handle), 0)
 
 LIBSSH2_API size_t libssh2_sftp_tell(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle);
 

src/sftp.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2004-2007, Sara Golemon <sarag@libssh2.org>
+/* Copyright (c) 2004-2008, Sara Golemon <sarag@libssh2.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms,
@@ -1528,6 +1528,17 @@ libssh2_sftp_seek(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE * handle, size_t offset)
 
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ libssh2_sftp_seek2
+ * Set the read/write pointer to an arbitrary position within the file
+ */
+LIBSSH2_API void
+libssh2_sftp_seek2(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE * handle, libssh2_uint64_t offset)
+{
+    handle->u.file.offset = offset;
+}
+
+/* }}} */
+
 /* {{{ libssh2_sftp_tell
  * Return the current read/write pointer's offset
  */