On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:45 AM, After Hours wrote:
I have a 552 mb server log file that BBEdit 8.5.1 won't open. Attempts to open it result in an error -116 ( (MacOS Error code: -116) Is there a known file size limit? The file is intact, and can be analyzed by log analyzers. It cannot be accessed via BBEdit. This is being tested on a Powerbook 867 with 10.4.8 and 1.12 Gb RAM installed.
As best I can figure, the limit is slightly less than 1/2 the installed memory (as it's using 16 bit words, and an ASCII file would be 8 bit words, and needs overhead for the application itself)
For log files, I'll either use grep (the unix command) to break it into smaller chunks by time (if the timestamp is on each line), or use the unix command 'split' to just split it into an arbitrary number of lines.
The thing about log analyzers is -- they don't try to read the whole file at once. They'll generate some hash based on the data in the log, or they'll make heavy use of swap files, or databases, whatever. But they're not intending to write back out the file, so they don't need to keep it in the same state.
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