Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:25:18 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Managing very large files Message-ID: <47054C2E.8040304@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <200710042222.25488.wundram@beenic.net> References: <4704DFF3.9040200@ibctech.ca> <20071003200013.GD45244@demeter.hydra> <47054A1D.2000701@ibctech.ca> <200710042222.25488.wundram@beenic.net>
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Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: > Am Donnerstag 04 Oktober 2007 22:16:29 schrieb Steve Bertrand: >> This is what I am afraid of. Just out of curiosity, if I did try to read >> the entire file into a Perl variable all at once, would the box panic, >> or as the saying goes 'what could possibly go wrong'? > > Perl most certainly wouldn't make the box panic (at least I hope so :-)), but > would barf and quit at some point in time when it can't allocate any more > memory (because all memory is in use). Meanwhile, your swap would've filled > up completely, and your box would've become totally unresponsive, which goes > away instantly the second Perl is dead/quits. > > Try it. ;-) (at your own risk) LOL, on a production box?...nope. Hence why I asked here, probing if someone has made this mistake before I do ;) The reason for the massive file size was my haste in running out of the office on Friday and forgetting to kill the tcpdump process before the weekend began. Stevehome | help
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