Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ghex
I was using ghex2 to look at the beginning of an 8.6GB .wav file. I
changed a byte and saved the file, and now it's only 612MB. (I think
it's no coincidence that ghex2 is using just a bit more RAM than that:
RSS=626MB).
I really like ghex2's UI, with interpretations of the next 1, 2 and 4
bytes as signed or unsigned integer, which is why I put up with it's
memory wastage. Hex editors are not supposed to rewrite the whole file.
They're supposed to edit in place. And mmap() the file if you want, but
don't load it all into RAM!
** Affects: ghex (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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ghex truncates large files when saving
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165213
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