Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:45:29 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: peter <petertf@telia.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: asymetrisk transfer of files through ftp Message-ID: <20030515214529.GA15963@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <IPENLIIDLIEIHGGDNIHBMEDNCAAA.petertf@telia.com> References: <IPENLIIDLIEIHGGDNIHBMEDNCAAA.petertf@telia.com>
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:37:07PM +0200, peter wrote:
> When you are trying to transfer large file with ftp (ftpd started with
> inetd), you got a higher transfer rate when you do a ftp get compared to =
an
> ftp put. I try with ftp localhost same result.
> Is this a bug ?
I believe FreeBSD's ftpd uses sendfile to answer gets which has lower
overhead then the usual while(read(file)){ write(socket); } code. This
might account for the difference.
-- Brooks
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