kevinfishburne wrote: > > 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. :( >
Praise God, I was incorrect. I was foolishly using too small a datatype (integer) when calculating the seek position. Now that I switched it to long all is well. :) ----- 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-tp27290885p27292340.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
