Re: Reasons for a buffer or RAM



pensul wrote:
> So my question is: if the kernel already knows the
> size of the file, why can't it pass this information on to the program, so
> that it can set its memory requirements?

There is a Linux API call you can make to determine the file size.
You can also use memory-mapped files and, effectively, load the whole
file into RAM at one time (with the memory automatically being managed,
so you don't have to worry about allocating sufficient space for the
file you load).
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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