mmap -- memory mapped file

Carl Mackey cjmackey at seas.upenn.edu
Wed Jun 28 23:49:49 EDT 2006


hi, i'm new to this list and new to python as well.

i have a question on the memory mapped file ability python has. when i
use a mmap on a file, will it copy the whole thing to ram or just
whatever part of it i'm working on? basically, i'm wondering if it would
be ok for me to have multiple mmap's open on very large files as i read
or write from them.



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