[Gambas-user] fastest way to "zero-out" a huge binary file

[kevinfishburne]

Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> 
> In a terminal, type:
> 
> info coreutils 'dd'
> 
> You only need create the file once, then copy it whenever you need to
> during testing. If you really must create the file every time, let dd
> do it by using Gambas' Exec command.
> 

Excellent, thanks. I seem to have found something horrifying while trying to
create the file using GAMBAS however; using the SEEK statement with an
argument greater than 2 GB raises a "Bad argument" error. While that doesn't
affect my ability to create the file, it kills me later when trying to read
and write to it. Other than using a different version of GAMBAS all I can
think to do is to create four 2 GB data files, which will create additional
overhead in the read/write procedures that access the file. Actually since
my file is slightly larger than 8 GB I'll need to create five separate
files. :(

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