From: Zhukov Pavel Date: 2008-06-28T17:57:10+09:00 Subject: Big empty file creation I need to creat an empty file, over 10GB size. Which way is fastest in file creation? ------ file<<"0"*file_size_in_bytes ------- consme too much memory ------- for i in 1...x file<"0"file_size/x end ------- too slow :(