I need to scan an entire text file and I would like to know which is the best between copying the whole thing into memory and loading it part by part.
The file is not, or at least I don't think it could be, a large file, it is some sort of simple script for some simple tasks... (actually, it does not have a real goal except to make me discover a little more about programming)
Thanks to all who will answer this.
Last edited by lyx; 11-21-2003 at 11:07 AM.
File IO is slow but if the file is not large compared to the read size, it should not be a problem.
I prefer to grenerally
find the file size,
alloc a buffer,
open,
read entire file,
close file,
process data,
free mem.
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For windows, lookup the functions
CreateFile()
ReadFile()
I believe those are the functions
Environment: OS X, GCC / G++
Codes: Java, C#, C/C++
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novacain >
Thanks, I think I can do it that way.
neandrake >
I already know the functions. ^^ Just posted the question here because maybe I could get some platform specific stuffs but, don't seem to. Thanks anyway.
try file mapping
CreateFileMapping
MapViewOfFile
