Hi All,
 
I am currently trying to familiarize with "ff" package which allows me to store R objects in the hard drive. One of things that I notice when reading in a text file with "read.csv.ffdf" function - is that, in the R temp folder, 1000+ small files get created, each file having a name like "ffdf1bcd8b4aa0.ff". Each file is about 5KB in size. 
 
My understanding is, the whole file has been split into small small pieces and stored in the hard drive. What I am trying to see is that - is there a way to reduce the number of splits by increasing the file size? 
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Regards,
Indrajit
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