I'm aware that the size of a volume can be well in excess of 2Gb but is there a limit on file
size never-the-less?

I'm hoping to avoid having to convert my prog to floating point (my language doesn't
have unsigned 32bit integers or bigger integers).

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If I remember correctly, there is a 2GB limit under 95 on local drives.
On network drives and under NT (NTFS) I think the limit is free space on
the drive.

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there a limit on file

Depends on the file system. The Win32 API supports a 64 bit file position,
meaning it passes a 64 bit number to the (network or file system) - driver.
If the driver does not narrow this number down, your file has a maximum size
of approx 16000 ExaByte.
Even the Windows 3.1 _llSeek API suggests this maximum!

But usually, the number is narrowed down:
Old BIOS-es only allowed partitions up to 512 MB
FAT allows partitions up to 2 GB
etc.
Good thing is, when the industry reaches this number, new file systems,
BIOS-es etc. will emerge, and you don't have to change your program.

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