On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:13:42 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > I suspect that the size reported by stat() is a little delayed
> > here, but the file system is keeping proper track of it, so the
> > lseek that tries to extend the file fails at the right spot.
>
> Hmm. If it really works that way, one would hope Microsoft would've
> documented that someplace. Can anyone find a statement that Windows'
> stat() is not current?
I'm not in a position to test it myself now (doing training, and then
I'll be off to pg-east...), but it'd be interesting to see if it acts
the same way with GetFileSize(), or if it's just stat()...
/Magnus