Narendra Kumar S.S wrote:
> I think we need to brainstorm on this.
> What are the other ways that we can handle this?
> What are the implications , if we put a size limit on the contents file 
> and when it reaches the max_size, open a second file.
> How does other OSes handle this?

I think you need to go a little lower first.  A size limit isn't useful 
if the contents need to be sorted.  So, an easy first question is, does 
the file need to be sorted?  If not, then does the file need to be ASCII 
or would a DB file be better?

-spp

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