Re: physical storage on disk

"William" <port@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Env: WindowsXP, VC++6.0

Is there any function that I can force the system to allcate physical
storage on disk NOT in RAM?


I think you are referring to memory mapped files. See CreateFileMapping()
and MapViewOfFile().

-- David


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