HTTP On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:34 -0700, Grace Shibley wrote: > > Is there a way to read large (possibly 500 MB) remote files without > loading > > the whole file into memory? > > We are trying to write a function that will return chunks of binary data > > from a file on our server given a file location, specified offset and > data > > size. > > > > But, we have not been able to get around loading the whole file into > memory > > first. Is there a way to do this?? > > What sort of remote file is it, i.e. how are you remotely connecting to > it? FTP, HTTP, SSH? > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > >
