Re: Faster method needed - reading text files stored on local network file server

On 2008-02-22, Rob Kennedy <me3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> LoadFromFile necessarily loads the entire file. Does it work any faster 
> if you don't read the whole file? How fast does "cat" work in comparison

> to "head -n5"?
>
> AssignFile(F, FileName);
> Reset(F);
> try
>    Readln(F, readOneLine); // read and discard first line
>    Readln(F, readOneLine); // read and discard second line
>    for i := 3 to 5 do begin
>      Readln(F, readOneLine);
>      // Do something with this line
>    end;
> finally
>    CloseFile(F);
> end;

And maybe a filemode to avoid any lock? From memory, getting the lock is
sometimes the costliest operation on a network drive.

In general characterisation of what is the cause of the problem (latency
or
throughput) is also a good one.