Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:27:53 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Rob <europax@home.com> Cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: running diff on huge files Message-ID: <20010825142753.F487@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <3B86FE12.FFF46FB0@home.com>; from europax@home.com on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 06:23:31PM -0700 References: <3B86FE12.FFF46FB0@home.com>
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 06:23:31PM -0700, 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. Have you tried the --speed-large-files diff(1) option? G'luck, Peter -- I am not the subject of this sentence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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