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

[Olivier Cruilles]

Hi,

It's possible to create a file with only zero inside simply by this command if you want:

dd if=/dev/zero of=file_to_create bs=1k count=8388608
Olivier Cruilles
Mail: linuxos at ...1896...


Le 25 janv. 2010 à 10:47, Doriano Blengino a écrit :

> 
> Doriano Blengino ha scritto:
>> 
>> The subroutine could look something like this:
>> 
>>    sub square_diamond(left, right, top, bottom as integer)
>> 
>>      step = (right+left) / 2
>> 
> 
> SORRY: step = (right - left) / 2
> 
> Urgh...
> 
> Regards,
> Doriano
> 
> 
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Olivier Cruilles
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