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Re^2: How to save memory, parsing a big file.

by perl_devel (Friar)
on Mar 02, 2006 at 06:07 UTC ( [id://533845]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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Is there a way to hold the entire log contents itself in to some hash or array without utilising much memmory ,since the file size is too large
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Re^3: How to save memory, parsing a big file.
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Mar 02, 2006 at 09:25 UTC
    The node you replied to is the answer to your question. DBM::Deep is exactly the way to have a hash use disk instead of RAM.
    My criteria for good software:
    1. Does it work?
    2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?
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