How to process (in read-only fashion) a big binary file in C/C++ on Linux as fast as possible? Via read or mmap? What buffer size? (No boost or anything.)
How to process (in read-only fashion) a big binary file in C/C++ on Linux
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How to process (in read-only fashion) a big binary file in C/C++ on Linux as fast as possible? Via read or mmap? What buffer size? (No boost or anything.)
mmap is faster and optimal for read only applications. See answer here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/258097/1094175