From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-03-03T15:28:40+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11924] Re: rewrite with Ruby

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

H> If you have already created the copy what does this get you?  I 
H> don't recall mmap....

 -i make inline editing : it copy the file then all modifications are made
on the file.

 mmap map a file in memory, i.e. you have the methods of the strings but
the modifications are made directly in the file.

 You don't need to read a line, make a modification, save the line, etc

 mmap can be usefull when you need to work with very big file.


Guy Decoux