RE: Linking two files together

2010-05-26 Thread Rector, David
input stream, they need to open the file, then scan back and forth within the file. Thanks for your suggestion. Dave Rector *:^) Rector, David wrote: [snip] > Perhaps there is a utility or wrapper that could trick any regular app > into thinking that two files were actually one long file? Ye

Re: Linking two files together

2010-05-26 Thread Rector, David
10:16 -0700, Rector, David wrote: > It seems to me that it should be possible to simply modify the file > entry in the filesystem such that the last inode of the first file > points to the first inode of the second file. I guess this is similar > to a "hard link", but used to jo

Linking two files together

2010-05-26 Thread Rector, David
Hello, I have studied various filesystems, and am fairly familiar with how they are structured. However, I am currently stuck on trying to do what seems like a simple thing. I would like to join two files together without having to physically copy bytes (i.e. I have vary large files, so I don'