Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:32:09 -0700 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: running diff on huge files Message-ID: <3B871C39.1CCC2030@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108241951590.60806-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Rob wrote: > > > Rob wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to run diff on two huge files (220M) and I run out of swap > > > space. Is there another alternative? I have a Python script that does > > > something similar, but works on huge files, but it is much slower than > > > diff. Thanks, Rob. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > > > split -b 50000k put the files into managable size. Rob. > > doesn't work for files that have diffs across the 50k boundary.. > you need a streaming diff... > > Interestingly this is not impossible.. you may be able to make one > read the sources to diff. > :-) It worked out OK. But I'll have to take an extra look at the file boundaries in the future. Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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