On 5/10/22 12:35 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
Mark Clark wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large
> files?
...
> I’m thinking about using LC for decrypting zip compressed log files
> that can be multiple gigabytes in size. I’d like to use jus
Why the preference? It’s not a hard and fast rule by any means, but I suppose
because rolling your own means owning your code, flaws and all. In simple
system environments I wouldn’t use LC at all, I’d just use shell scripting.
Since different users will have different shells (or none) probably
Mark Clark wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large
> files?
...
> I’m thinking about using LC for decrypting zip compressed log files
> that can be multiple gigabytes in size. I’d like to use just LC vs.
> resorting to shell if possible.
What is behind the
I don't think you're necessarily going to be limited by physical memory, as
the computer will have a certain addressing space in VM, as well, right?
On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 2:42 PM Craig Newman via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Ah, I see.
>
> I did not appreciate that the
Ah, I see.
I did not appreciate that the dataset could be in the many gigabytes.
Craig
> On May 9, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> there is no way to decrypt something that does not fit in memory. with 64
> bit builds the limit is whatever the motherboard supports.
there is no way to decrypt something that does not fit in memory. with 64
bit builds the limit is whatever the motherboard supports. on 32 bit
builds the limit is whatever the os will allow 1 process to have,
but then u need memory to store the decrypted data too.
you can use a command line prog
I believe that there is no upper limit to the size of a variable in LC. So I am
with Mike here. What makes you nervous about dealing with a large dataset
within LC itself?
Craig
> On May 9, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> have you tried ti? i have not run into a s
have you tried ti? i have not run into a situation where a variable was too
big.
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 6:46 PM Mark Clark via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large
> files? The docs typically have nice example
Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large files?
The docs typically have nice examples for files that can fit into a variable,
but what are folks doing for big files that are larger than what you’d want in
a variable? I’m thinking about using LC for decrypting zip com
