Re: Streaming MIME parser

>mmap() will not store the entire content of the file
>in memory. That will fetch the content of the file
>on-demand and remove the less used parts of the file
>from memory when needed.

I read the documentation for mmap. It does not clearly
say how mmap handles lot of memory. According to my
understanding, if a huge file needs to be mmaped then
a virtual address range of length requested is
obtained. How much of the file actually remains in
memory and how much is swapped out? So, does the
unused portions of the file remains in the swap space
until it is demanded? Please tell if my understanding
is correct?

>I think that mmap() is really what you need there, I
>suggest you to read further documentation about mmap

Not running out of memory for huge messages is my
primary concern at this point of time. A stream based
SAX stuff would be in the wish list :)

Thanks for your time.
L.Suresh


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