Writing very large files 50+ GB

[wmunger]

On Friday, 27 July 2012 at 09:40:15 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:50:56 +0100, wmunger <wmunger at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I need to write to a file that is 50 to 250GB on all three 
>> major operating systems.
>>
>> I tried to use the c function pwrite64.  But it is not 
>> available on the Mac.
>>
>> I have seen where some have used the iostream in C++ but this 
>> does not seem to work on the Mac.
>>
>> Is there any way to write in D very large files.  After all I 
>> would rather write in D than wrap C or C++ code.
>
> Have you looked for open, lseek(64) and write?
>
> R

Lseek64 is not available on the Mac.  I have tried lseek on a a 
64 bit OS and it still acts like 32 bit.