Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 01:38:55 -0700 (PDT) From: phk@FreeBSD.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/18589: cmp(1) chokes on large files Message-ID: <20000516083855.3E0C437BDD6@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18589 >Category: bin >Synopsis: cmp(1) chokes on large files >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 16 01:40:03 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Poul-Henning Kamp >Release: -CURRENT >Organization: Fregatten Jylland som Barn >Environment: FreeBSD critter.freebsd.dk 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #7: Sat May 13 22:04:02 CEST 2000 root@critter.freebsd.dk:/usr/src/sys/compile/CRITTER i386 >Description: The cmp(1) program mmaps the files to be compared. This fails for large files. >How-To-Repeat: cmp -l file.1 file.2 where the two files are 3242115072 bytes long >Fix: Add a loop around the mmap/compare operation which operates on some moderate amount of data each iteration. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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