Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:29:07 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: "Heiko Wundram \(Beenic\)" <wundram@beenic.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Managing very large files Message-ID: <47063C23.5080701@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <47054C2E.8040304@ibctech.ca> References: <4704DFF3.9040200@ibctech.ca> <20071003200013.GD45244@demeter.hydra> <47054A1D.2000701@ibctech.ca> <200710042222.25488.wundram@beenic.net> <47054C2E.8040304@ibctech.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Steve Bertrand wrote: > 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 ;) Isn't that what VMWare is for? ;-)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?47063C23.5080701>