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-rw-r--r--docs/examples/httpput.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/httpput.c b/docs/examples/httpput.c
index 162a6b0d8..0d360adc7 100644
--- a/docs/examples/httpput.c
+++ b/docs/examples/httpput.c
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
/* now specify which file to upload */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, hd_src);
- /* and give the size of the upload */
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE, file_info.st_size);
+ /* provide the size of the upload, we specicially typecast the value
+ to curl_off_t since we must be sure to use the correct data size */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
+ (curl_off_t)file_info.st_size);
/* Now run off and do what you've been told! */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);