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[bug-diffutils] bug#21665: Use of mmap for large files
From: |
Maurice van der Pot |
Subject: |
[bug-diffutils] bug#21665: Use of mmap for large files |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:42:03 +0200 |
I am working on an application suitable for visually merging large files.
This application delegates determination of differences to GNU diff.
Unfortunately I have found that diff reads the entire input files into
memory, leading to "/usr/bin/diff: memory exhausted" messages on the
types of files I'd like to support.
Would you be open to patches that enable diffing large files by using
mmap?
Kind regards,
Maurice.
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Maurice van der Pot
Kdiff3 developer address@hidden http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net
Tdiff3 developer https://github.com/Griffon26/tdiff3
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