reading files in small chunks?

[Rajesh Sathyamoorthy]

Hi,

What chunk sizes do you normally use in your code?

Thank You.
On 4/14/06, Amit Khemka <khemkaamit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/14/06, Rajesh Sathyamoorthy <rajesh1986 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wanted to know why it is more efficient to read a file in smaller
> chunks (
> > using file() or open() )? If this is not done, will this lead to errors
> in
> > the data read or just results in slower performance?
> >
> >  Thank You.
>
> It has basically to do with disk seeks and cache+memory utilization.
> and you can look around for the same for details on any of your fav
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>
> cheers,
> amit.
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