Re: [Jython-users] Creating an n byte file efficiently

[Jesse M. <j.L...@gm...>]

Thanks Jeff.

This will work perfectly.

On Jan 17, 2008 11:06 AM, Jeff Emanuel <jem...@fr...> wrote:
> This works pretty fast, but it fills the file with zeros,
> not text.
>
>   >>> import java
>   >>> raf=java.io.RandomAccessFile("path_to_file","rw")
>   >>> raf.setLength(1024*1024*10)
>   >>> raf.close()
>
>
>
> Jesse Millan wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I'm looking for an efficient way to create a large dummy file in
> > jython. It'll need to be created and filled with about 10 MB of
> > (arbitrary - preferably text) data all at once. Obviously using a for
> > loop and calling PyFile.write("a") ten million times is a bad idea
> > memory wise... any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Jesse
> >
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