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From: anderson@hobbes.osc.edu (Steve Anderson)
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Subject: UNIX memory mapping...
Keywords: mmap(), big data, help,
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Date: 7 Dec 89 19:34:17 GMT
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Does anybody know if the memory-mapping features of BSD 4.3
will be part of the POSIX standard?

We are working on some programs that manipulate large amounts
of data (as arrays), we currently have this implemented using
mmap(), etc., but need to know how portable this will be.

We have found this feature on some SYSV-type versions of UNIX, but
need to know if the trend is for it to spread, or phase out.

--steve

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