This is Kissinger, a Gnuwin32 user. Today I use diff to compare some big files and try to retrieve the differences between files.
For some big files, the diff work well and I can get the differences. But for some other big files, the diff will crash with
such error message:"diff.exe: memory exhausted". These files are more then 500 MB, pure text files. And I use the diff of 2.8.7, my OS is windows 2003.
It seems there is an issue in the Gnuwin32 diff tool. Has this issue been reported? I can not search this issue from help.
If convenient, can you tell me how to resolve this issue? Is there any another diff-like tool? Thanks.
Kissinger
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HI, Lady/Gentleman:
This is Kissinger, a Gnuwin32 user. Today I use diff to compare some big files and try to retrieve the differences between files.
For some big files, the diff work well and I can get the differences. But for some other big files, the diff will crash with
such error message:"diff.exe: memory exhausted". These files are more then 500 MB, pure text files. And I use the diff of 2.8.7, my OS is windows 2003.
It seems there is an issue in the Gnuwin32 diff tool. Has this issue been reported? I can not search this issue from help.
If convenient, can you tell me how to resolve this issue? Is there any another diff-like tool? Thanks.
Kissinger