[GRASS5] Re: [GRASSLIST:6680] v.in.ascii and large files

> OK, I tried the CVS version
> (grass6.1.cvs-i686-pc-linux-gnu-23_04_2005), and importing the data
> works up to around 3580000 points. At that point, memory usage is
> very high, the mouse cursos is not responsive, and the system
> freezes with significant disk activity (swapping). Eventually, the
> process is killed by the kernel. I run this version on an AMD
> Sempron processor with LInux kernel 2.6.10. The command line I
> entered was v.in.ascii -zt input=<input> output=<output> x=1 y=2 z=3
>
> A sample input line:
> -2714620.000000| 1477320.000000| 13.290000
>
> Note that I did not test the dbf driver (yet). i will do so shortly
> and report back on that.

Taking away the t option (i.e., using the dbf driver) results in the
process being killed after around 3.6M samples have been read in, so
not much change here.

from memory this happens during the "Registering lines" phase.

Hamish

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