Chapter 13. Mmap

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The mmap system call allows a file (or parts of a file) to be mapped to memory. This allows the file content to be changed with a memory operation, avoiding system calls and input/output operations.

Always synchronize the changes to disk, and plan for a process hang that could result in data loss.

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For more information, or for further reading, the following man page and book are related to the information given in this section:

mmap(2)
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