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Hi, When I tried to compare two distribution size of >1GB using diff command (-Naur option) , diff:memory exhausted error occurs. Any solution to overcome this isssue. Thanks With Regards, ...
  1. 05-30-2009 #1
    ThangarajP
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    Hi,

    When I tried to compare two distribution size of >1GB using diff command

    (-Naur option) , diff:memory exhausted error occurs.



    Any solution to overcome this isssue.


    Thanks

    With Regards,
    ThangarajP
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    1) how much memory do you have? how big is your swap?

    2) are you running 32bit or 64bit OS? Note 32bit is inherently restricted to 3 gigs total address space for any given process.
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    Here is a good list of available diff utility programs.

    Linux GUI diff utilities a visual tour | Handle With Linux
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