pyarrow.memory_map

pyarrow.memory_map(path, mode='r')

Open memory map at file path. Size of the memory map cannot change.

Parameters:

pathstr

mode{‘r’, ‘r+’, ‘w’}, default ‘r’

Whether the file is opened for reading (‘r’), writing (‘w’) or both (‘r+’).

Returns:

mmapMemoryMappedFile

Examples

Reading from a memory map without any memory allocation or copying:

>>> import pyarrow as pa
>>> with pa.output_stream('example_mmap.txt') as stream:
...     stream.write(b'Constructing a buffer referencing the mapped memory')
...
51
>>> with pa.memory_map('example_mmap.txt') as mmap:
...     mmap.read_at(6,45)
...
b'memory'