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- Editing Large Files
-
- EDLIN cannot edit a file with more than 65,529 lines of text. It can edit a
- file too large to fit entirely in memory. The only clue you get that the file
- is too large is from the prompt. Normally, when EDLIN starts up, it prints
-
- New file
- *
-
- before editing a file being created, or
-
- End of file
- *
-
- before editing a previously existing file. However, when editing a file that
- is too large to entirely fit in memory, it only prints
-
- *
-
- When editing large files that will not entirely fit into memory, EDLIN will
- start at the beginning and read until about 3/4 of available memory is used
- up. You can edit this part, and then W(rite) out what is in memory, read the
- next part of the file in with the A(ppend) command, and repeat this process
- until the entire file is edited. EDLIN will keep track of the line numbers
- of the part currently in memory. When you finally read in the last part of
- the file, the
-
- End of file
- *
-
- prompt will be displayed.