reading files in small chunks?

[Amit Khemka]

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.
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cheers,
amit.
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