This SO entry seems to answer your question fairly well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/258091/when-should-i-use-mmap-for-file-access http://stackoverflow.c

This SO entry seems to answer your question fairly well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/258091/when-should-i-use-mmap-for-file-access http://stackoverflow.com/questions/258091/when-should-i-use-...