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authorRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2011-03-16 01:18:10 -0500
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+perl-Sys-Mmap (uses mmap to map in a file as a Perl variable)
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+The mmap module uses the POSIX mmap call to map in a file as a Perl
+variable. Memory access by mmap may be shared between threads or
+forked processes, and may be a disc file that has been mapped into memory.