Re: sort w/o using an array

2003-10-14 Thread Rob Dixon
John W. Krahn wrote: > > John Fisher wrote: > > > > I am trying to figure out if there is a way to do a sort that > > doesn't involve putting an entire file in memory. This kind of > > thing is available in apps like syncsort, where you give it > > arguments and it uses disk space/virtual memory t

Re: sort w/o using an array

2003-10-14 Thread John W. Krahn
John Fisher wrote: > > I am trying to figure out if there is a way to do a sort that > doesn't involve putting an entire file in memory. This kind of > thing is available in apps like syncsort, where you give it > arguments and it uses disk space/virtual memory to do the work. Do a search for "ta

sort w/o using an array

2003-10-13 Thread JOHN FISHER
I am trying to figure out if there is a way to do a sort that doesn't involve putting an entire file in memory. This kind of thing is available in apps like syncsort, where you give it arguments and it uses disk space/virtual memory to do the work. All the examples I am finding are slurping it i