GNU bug report logs - #22108
diff wrapper script for very large files, low memory

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Message #8 received at 22108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 22108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, taco <at> waag.org
Subject: Re: diff wrapper script for very large files, low memory
Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 19:00:06 -0700

tags 22108 wishlist
done

Thanks for the suggestion and pointer.
FYI, your problem is very similar to that described at http://bugs.gnu.org/21665

I'm marking this auto-created issue as "wishlist".
A combination of this approach and using mmap may be profitable when
input files are too large for available RAM.

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