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Re: diff (2.8.1) cannot work with really large files
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John Cowan |
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Re: diff (2.8.1) cannot work with really large files |
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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:04:03 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Darren Reed scripsit:
> Meanwhile, I think I'll write my own diff program that doesn't
> need to allocate 600MB of RAM to tell me 5 lines are different.
You might want to try using an older streaming diff program,
from *BSD or OpenSolaris or the Heritage Toolkit. Or just
expanding your swap partition.
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