Re: [R] max size of a file that R can open to work

Technically "opening" a file does not involve reading it into memory at all, so any limits would arise from the OS. As for "reading" the file, the amount of virtual memory [1] is the key factor, but different file formats can require more or less overhead memory to parse the data. Also, differe

[R] max size of a file that R can open to work

Hello, I´d like to ask you if the max size of a file that R can open or import to work depends of the memory RAM?? or has other restriction??? Thank you very much [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To