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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] edit a huge file
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:04:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38a2e7d21538cbb13c98079e39dc3a3d@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADSkJJXpK-a7m+yGNu3WJgfONdoKjs99okq3eGNLw7sqbiCVOA@mail.gmail.c>

> > i don't think it would be that hard to modify acme to handle large files,
> > but you'd have to convince it to not read the entire file preemptively to
> > make this a useful feature.
>
> that's not true.  it's still useful even with the temporary copy.
> and the temporary copy makes sure things aren't changing
> out from under acme's feet.

i'm not sure what statement you're refuting.  the reason i think
making the copy is a problem for a 7 gb file is the excessive time
it takes for big files.

does the acme temp file get entirely rewritten when one file
changes?  i.e. is this the mbox problem?

- erik



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-08-24 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAOEdRO0MKYpbj0gyu-gM5S1hkOCXGp+=-wnE-J5m_iqxZJWfPQ@mail.gmail.c>
2011-08-24 14:50 ` erik quanstrom
2011-08-24 14:56   ` Russ Cox
     [not found]   ` <CADSkJJXpK-a7m+yGNu3WJgfONdoKjs99okq3eGNLw7sqbiCVOA@mail.gmail.c>
2011-08-24 15:04     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2011-08-24 16:29       ` Russ Cox
2011-08-24 14:38 Rudolf Sykora
2011-08-24 14:51 ` Russ Cox

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