Out of memory generating using SHA

[Alex]

> I need to generate SHA CRC-codes for large files, larger than
> available memory. The default implementation I've seen seem to read
> the entire file into memory. Is there a way to read chunks of the file
> instead?

Yes.  See http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-sha.html#l2h-2469
for details.

The example in http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-md5.html
might help, too.

Alex.

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