On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:30:43PM +0200, Chris Halls wrote: > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 15:11, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > You know how big the file is and you have to write it anyway. > > > > So, why not create a sparse file and mmap it? > Nice idea; I assume that is possible in python? Does that actually > reduce memory usage, BTW? Sure, cf /usr/share/doc/python2.3/lib/module-mmap.html > Anyway, the problem is less one of not having a perfect solution; it's > more a case of finding someone with time to code it. If nobody did it when I'm done with the mailman package split (hopefully sometime next week), I'll come back to you. Thanks . Siggy
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