Re: asm grep

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:04:45 GMT
Robert Redelmeier <redelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

True enough, but this technique is limited to small files,
say under 2 GB or you get into the same blockbreaks.
Think of running grep against /dev/hda -- I have.

Leaving aside the fact that the current generation of PC's extends this
limit by another four orders of magnitude, there is a major performance
difference between checking for blockbreaks once every 2 GB vs every
"512 or 4096 bytes".

-- Chuck

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