Kadaitcha Man wrote: > > In a terminal, type: > > info coreutils 'dd' > > You only need create the file once, then copy it whenever you need to > during testing. If you really must create the file every time, let dd > do it by using Gambas' Exec command. >
Excellent, thanks. I seem to have found something horrifying while trying to create the file using GAMBAS however; using the SEEK statement with an argument greater than 2 GB raises a "Bad argument" error. While that doesn't affect my ability to create the file, it kills me later when trying to read and write to it. Other than using a different version of GAMBAS all I can think to do is to create four 2 GB data files, which will create additional overhead in the read/write procedures that access the file. Actually since my file is slightly larger than 8 GB I'll need to create five separate files. :( ----- Kevin Fishburne, Eight Virtues www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com http://sales.eightvirtues.com e-mail: mailto:sa...@eightvirtues.com sa...@eightvirtues.com phone: (770) 853-6271 -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/fastest-way-to-%22zero-out%22-a-huge-binary-file-tp27290885p27292295.html Sent from the gambas-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
