diff memory usage
Brian Sammon <[email protected]>
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I need to compare two 70 MB files to see if they're different. If I use diff (Windows 2000, either of two different diff versions), the memory usage balloons up to around 140MB, as if it was loading both files into memory. This can be a problem on the computer I want to use it on, as there's not always 140MB of free memory available. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with this? Suggestions like "Try this command-line option" or "Use this other program" [preferably open-source] or "read the following website" are welcome. Suggestions like "get more memory" are, well... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/