On Sun, 2 May 2004, Honen, Oren wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a huge ASCII file ( 500M ) in a release I have. I need to patch
> this file in several different ways for each release.
>
> These files are then being read bya commercial application.
>
> Currently we just create several copies and patcheach of them
> differently. The changes are several lines only.
>
> I'm thinking of writing an application that will create a dummy file.
> When this file is read the application will return a data based on the
> original file and a diff file. I thought of using /proc fs for that so
> when reading this file, a callback routine will be activated.
If your applications are running on Linux (if not - the notorious
Marc's Differential SCSI Cable Is Waiting For You due to The Mortal Sin of
OffTopicness!!), you can use a FIFO (known as a named pipe).
--- Omer
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