Outofmemoryexception When I Read 500Mb Filestream

OutOfMemoryException when send big file 500MB using FileStream ASPNET

I've created download page which allows user to download up to 4gb (may be more) few months ago. Here is my working snippet:

  private void TransmitFile(string fullPath, string outFileName)
    {
        System.IO.Stream iStream = null;

        // Buffer to read 10K bytes in chunk:
        byte[] buffer = new Byte[10000];

        // Length of the file:
        int length;

        // Total bytes to read:
        long dataToRead;

        // Identify the file to download including its path.
        string filepath = fullPath;

        // Identify the file name.
        string filename = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(filepath);

        try
        {
            // Open the file.
            iStream = new System.IO.FileStream(filepath, System.IO.FileMode.Open,
                        System.IO.FileAccess.Read, System.IO.FileShare.Read);

            // Total bytes to read:
            dataToRead = iStream.Length;

            Response.Clear();
            Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + outFileName);
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", iStream.Length.ToString());

            // Read the bytes.
            while (dataToRead > 0)
            {
                // Verify that the client is connected.
                if (Response.IsClientConnected)
                {
                    // Read the data in buffer.
                    length = iStream.Read(buffer, 0, 10000);

                    // Write the data to the current output stream.
                    Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, length);

                    // Flush the data to the output.
                    Response.Flush();

                    buffer = new Byte[10000];
                    dataToRead = dataToRead - length;
                }
                else
                {
                    //prevent infinite loop if user disconnects
                    dataToRead = -1;
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new ApplicationException(ex.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            if (iStream != null)
            {
                //Close the file.
                iStream.Close();
            }
            Response.Close();
        }
    }

Read Big TXT File, Out of Memory Exception

Just use File.ReadLines which returns an IEnumerable<string> and doesn't load all the lines at once to the memory.

foreach (var line in File.ReadLines(_filePath))
{
    //Don't put "line" into a list or collection.
    //Just make your processing on it.
}

Reading large file using byte[] gives error

Instead of reading the whole file into memory just pass a stream to ComputeHash

using(var file = File.Open(path,FileMode.Open))
{
   hashValue = hashString.ComputeHash(file);
}

---

Related Topics