Re: Using mmap(2) in sort(1) instead of temp files

[Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 02:38:02PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> 
> Since the original comment hints at "instead of temp files" it is pretty
> clear that the second variant is meant. This avoids all file system operations
> and if the machine you run on has enough free memory it might not even actually
> touch swap space.
> 

Why not stat the input file and decide to use in memory iff the file is
small enough?  This way sort will handle large sorts on small memory
machines automatically.

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