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    can i use mmap for a ~3gb binary file .....considering that my ram is low(512mb)

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    3 GIGS! Bloody hell what do you have in there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by vispi View Post
    can i use mmap for a ~3gb binary file .....considering that my ram is low(512mb)
    Probably not, but not because of lack of RAM. The limiting factor is the amount of VM space reserved for the OS, which on 32-bit systems is commonly 2 gigabytes.
    Code:
    //try
    //{
    	if (a) do { f( b); } while(1);
    	else   do { f(!b); } while(1);
    //}

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    so you mean its not feasible for large files...
    if do regular disk i/o....it becomes very slow.....
    how can the process be made faster??

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