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| From | Curt <curty@free.fr> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file |
| Date | 2019-04-07 12:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xKcKJ-7PV-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xJXsm-70X-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xK1mh-TF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xKcB4-7Mw-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Unorganized |
On 2019-04-07, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote: > On 2019-04-06, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >> >>> 2. A lot of my editing involves editing near (but not at) the end of >>> a file. I assume (I know) that the software that saves the file is >>> smart enough not to rewrite the entire file but instead to preserve >>> the beginning of the file and just rewrite the changed part of the >>> file (or from there to the end of the file). >> >> Not completely sure if "you assume" or "you know" it to be the case. >> Especially given that you then add: > > He assumes he knows, I guess. > > It might be pertinent for us to know what "the software" is exactly. At > any rate, why anyone would write "the software" rather the name of the > application involved defies my imaginative faculty. I probably should've have said name or nature of the software involved (and cover the case where it's some sort of home-brew thing with no denomination, or an obscure proprietary app whose name wouldn't mean anything to anybody, or God knows what). > Maybe it's privileged information the OP must keep under wraps. > >>> Can anyone confirm that, >> >> which suggest you're not really sure (unless it referred to something else). >> >> >> Stefan >> >> > > -- “Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched--love for instance-- we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next.” - Virginia Woolf, The Waves
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Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-06 19:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-06 22:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-04-06 23:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-04-07 00:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-07 11:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-07 12:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 15:10 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 14:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-04-07 15:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-04-07 18:30 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-04-07 03:30 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 15:00 +0200
Re: [OFF-LIST] Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 14:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat> - 2019-04-07 22:30 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-04-07 22:30 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 09:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 14:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 15:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 15:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 15:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 16:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 17:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-08 18:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 19:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 19:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-04-12 11:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-12 14:10 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-12 19:20 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-04-12 20:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-12 22:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 15:50 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 18:00 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 14:40 +0200
Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 16:40 +0200
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