Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:55:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Rob <europax@home.com> Cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: running diff on huge files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108241951590.60806-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3B870709.6202C0CC@home.com>
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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. :-) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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