What is the maximum file size a 32-bit version of java can access?

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What is the maximum file size that 32-bit Java can access?

Is this architecture dependent?

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C. Ross 09 Apr 10 at 18:49

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And it has nothing to do with "32-bit" Java. This describes the memory address space, not the filesystem.

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EJP 09 Apr 10 at 23:07

Esko Luontola · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-09T18:51:43+0000

2 ^ 63-1 (because the Java API uses 64-bit integers for file sizes ) or platform dependent (if the platform has some limitations, like FAT32).