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

[Jeff E. <jem...@fr...>]

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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