From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:17:43 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <9539b0d95f3e8292391496188285d155@terzarima.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] RESOLVED: recoving important header file rudely Topicbox-Message-UUID: aac3295c-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu Feb 3 09:17:27 EST 2011, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote: > i've found it very useful quite a few times. > usually with oversized log files. > > On 3 February 2011 13:59, erik quanstrom wrote: > > On Thu Feb  3 08:41:23 EST 2011, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote: > >> On 3 February 2011 13:01, erik quanstrom wrote: > >> > i think you're better off with char*s and realloc. > >> > it's worth looking at the heavy machinery in sam > >> > and acme, though, and comparing against ed. > >> > >> i'd hesitate before trying to edit 500MB files in ed... > >> > >> nor does ed cope with arbitrary length lines. > > > > when has editing a 500mb text file ever been a problem? it's not a log file if you edit it. ☺ - erik