# FileTest.size \> 2GB?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filetest-size-2gb/80093>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 12, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filetest-size-2gb/80093 "2006-03-12T14:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manuelkiessling)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filetest-size-2gb/80093/1 "2006-03-12T14:01:49Z")

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Hello,

I’m using “ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]” and I’m  
having problems with FileTest.size and files \> 2GB. Seems it  
doesn’t return a Bignum for them, but a (wrapped) Fixnum. For  
a 3GB File, thats a “size” of -1GB. Is there something I can  
do about it? Is there an alternative?

Regards, Manuel

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**Author:** ![manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manuelkiessling)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filetest-size-2gb/80093/2 "2006-03-13T15:23:37Z")

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Hi,

At Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:58:44 +0900,  
Manuel K. wrote in [ruby-talk:183773]:

> I’m using “ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]” and I’m  
> having problems with FileTest.size and files \> 2GB. Seems it  
> doesn’t return a Bignum for them, but a (wrapped) Fixnum. For  
> a 3GB File, thats a “size” of -1GB. Is there something I can  
> do about it? Is there an alternative?

mswin32 version doesn’t have large file support yet.