Memory Mapped File Access

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On 29/05/2010 10:17, Robert wrote:
> On 2010-05-28 23:41:46 +0200, Robert <robert.muench at robertmuench.de> said:
>
>> 1. How can I expand the size of a MMF after it was created?
>
> Replying to myself: Simple, close the file, and re-open with new size.
> Old content is kept. This should be added to the docs, as it's not
> totally clear.
>
>> 2. If I specify 100GB file-size will it always be written once to disk
>> even if there is nothing in it? Or does the OS use sparse-files as well?
>
> Current things I found out: Filesize is used as soon as things are
> flushed to disk. So MMF need to grow in chunks to be real useful.
>
> --
> Robert M. Münch
> http://www.robertmuench.de
>

Hi Robert,
I think the std.mmfile documentation in Phobos is not up to date.. AFAIK 
there is a unMap method. Have posted a new msg regarding this topic.
Regarding chunks.. please see prev. msg.
Bjoern