HELP: Joining 5 large text files

[Stuart]

Hi,

Please can anyone help me join 5 large (1.8gb) text files togeather
to create 1 very large file.

I have some code in PHP but it bombs out at 2gb (seems there is a limit
and php needs re compiling, something thats not an option for me)

I don't want to take up all the servers resources so something that uses
little memory would be very good indeed!

here's the php code if it help...

<?php
set_time_limit( 14400000);

$file[0] = "file1.txt" ;
$file[1] = "file2.txt" ;
$file[2] = "file3.txt" ;
$file[3] = "file4.txt" ;
$file[4] = "file5.txt" ;

$target = "output.txt ";
$handle = fopen($target, 'a');

foreach ($file as $var) {
$c_handle = fopen($var, 'r');
do {
$content = fread($c_handle ,1000000);
fwrite($handle, $content);
} while (!empty($conten t));
fclose($c_handl e);
}
?>
all the best

Stu

[bmay2068]

st*****@hotmail .com (Stuart) wrote in message news:<76******* *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com>...

I have some code in PHP but it bombs out at 2gb (seems there is a limit
and php needs re compiling, something thats not an option for me)

2gigs is a magic number for the maximum file size on some OSes; 2^31.
(You loose a bit due to signed variable usage on some file systems.)

What OS, Architecture are you using? What type of file system i.e.
XFS, EXT2, WINDoze

Cheers!

[nobull]

st*****@hotmail .com (Stuart) wrote in message news:<76******* *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com>...

Newsgroup: comp.lang.perl I have some code in PHP

Perhaps you should try a newsgroup that:

1) Exists (this one doesn't)
2) Relates to PHP (this one wouldn't, if it existed)

[Joe Smith]

Stuart wrote:

create 1 very large file.

I have some code in PHP but it bombs out at 2gb (seems there is a limit
and php needs re compiling, something thats not an option for me)

You're screwed. Unless PHP is recompiled with LARGE_FILE is enabled,
you will *not* be able to write anything past byte number 2147483647.
-Joe