Use MemoryMapFile to read large file

 // FileMapTest.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "FileMapTest.h"
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

#include "MtVerify.h"

// The one and only application object

CWinApp theApp;

using namespace std;

void ReadFileWithFileMap()
{
    DWORD dwStart = GetTickCount();

    HANDLE hLargeFile = CreateFile("C://LargeFile.txt", GENERIC_READ,
        FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN, NULL);
    MTVERIFY(hLargeFile != NULL);

    HANDLE hFileMap = CreateFileMapping(hLargeFile, NULL, PAGE_READONLY,
        0, 0, NULL);
    MTVERIFY(hFileMap != NULL);

    SYSTEM_INFO SysInfo;
    GetSystemInfo(&SysInfo);
    DWORD dwGran = SysInfo.dwAllocationGranularity;
    DWORD dwFileSizeHigh;
    __int64 qwFileSize = GetFileSize(hLargeFile, &dwFileSizeHigh);
    qwFileSize |= (((_int64)dwFileSizeHigh) << 32);

    CloseHandle(hLargeFile);

    DWORD dwBlockBytes = dwGran * 1000;
    if (dwBlockBytes > qwFileSize)
        dwBlockBytes = (DWORD)qwFileSize;

    printf("SysInfo.dwAllocationGranularity = %d, FileSize = %d, BlockBytes = %u/n",
        dwGran, qwFileSize, dwBlockBytes);

    TCHAR *lpbMapAddress = (TCHAR *)MapViewOfFile(hFileMap,
        FILE_MAP_READ, 0, 0, dwBlockBytes);
    MTVERIFY(lpbMapAddress != NULL);

    //2007-08-17,09:45:13,20484.000000,20520.000000,20484.000000,20517.000000

    TCHAR *pStart = strstr(lpbMapAddress, "2007-08-17");
    TCHAR szData[1024];

    if (pStart)
    {
        TCHAR *pEnd = strchr(pStart, '/n');
        if (pEnd)
        {
            int nSize = pEnd - pStart;
            if (nSize > 1024) nSize = 1024;
            strncpy(szData, pStart, nSize);
            szData[nSize-1] = '/0';
            printf("Found data: %s/n", szData);
        }
    }

    UnmapViewOfFile(lpbMapAddress);
    CloseHandle(hFileMap);

    DWORD dwMs = GetTickCount() - dwStart;
    printf("Map test done, elapsed time = %d ms./n", dwMs);
}

void ReadFileByLine()
{
    CStdioFile file;
    CString str;
    DWORD dwStart = GetTickCount();
    if (file.Open("C://LargeFile.txt", CStdioFile::modeRead))
    {
        while(file.ReadString(str))
        {
            if(strncmp(str.GetBuffer(0), "2007-08-17", 10) == 0)
            {
                printf("Found data: %s/n", str.GetBuffer(0));
                break;
            }
        }
        file.Close();
    }
    DWORD dwMs = GetTickCount() - dwStart;
    printf("Line-read test done, elapsed time = %d ms./n", dwMs);
}

int _tmain(int argc, TCHAR* argv[], TCHAR* envp[])
{
    int nRetCode = 0;

    // initialize MFC and print and error on failure
    if (!AfxWinInit(::GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL, ::GetCommandLine(), 0))
    {
        // TODO: change error code to suit your needs
        _tprintf(_T("Fatal Error: MFC initialization failed/n"));
        nRetCode = 1;
    }
    else
    {
        // TODO: code your application's behavior here.
        ReadFileWithFileMap(); //120 - 140 MS
        printf("/n");
        ReadFileByLine(); //2000+ MS
    }

    return nRetCode;
}

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