The system records all integrations, uses them to select common ancestors for file merging, and does not by default perform redundant or unnecessary integrations.
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The design owes a lot to the principles found in log-structured file systems and draws inspiration from a number of designs that involve log file merging.
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Following is a list of companies providing software and / or services for file merging, mail presorting and / or data cleansing for variable data printing.
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"Relatively few people end up in your position, with two files merged together, " said Rob Hogan, senior vice president of Equifax, one of the three leading credit agencies.