On 07-Sep-02, Gabriele Santilli wrote:
> Hi Carl,

> On Saturday, September 7, 2002, 2:53:19 AM, you wrote:

>> And a question for those others:  Does...

>>     file: open/lines file-name

>> load the whole file into memory anyway?

> It  does, if you don't use /DIRECT. (Actually, in theory it should
> only  load  a  portion  of  it, based on the amount of free memory
> available;  i.e.  if  it  fits  into memory, it loads it entirely.
> However, it always loaded the whole file into memory for me.)

Ah, thanks Gabriele.  I just should've read the refinements' list a
bit better.

> You can check it by using:

>>> file: open/lines/read %AUTOEXEC.BAT

Oh no I can't. (;

-- 
Carl Read

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