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Use of mmap for large files

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From: Maurice van der Pot <griffon26 <at> kfk4ever.com>
To: 21665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21665: Use of mmap for large files
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:42:03 +0200

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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   griffon26 <at> kfk4ever.com   http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net
Tdiff3 developer                            https://github.com/Griffon26/tdiff3

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