Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:42:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed of file(1) Message-ID: <199907200342.UAA01242@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199907192045.NAA99619@apollo.backplane.com> <3793B4F3.1E08C41D@softweyr.com>
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: :The Linux one 169350 bytes, 4891 lines. The FreeBSD 3.1 magic file is :164223 bytes, 4802 lines. : :> Leif Neland asked: :> :> :While trying to port amavis, the virusscanner for mail, :> : http://aachalon.de/AMaViS/amavis-0.2.0-pre4.tar.gz ) I noticed it used the :> :file(1) several times for each file, and it took rather long time, causing : :This begs the question "Why?" Can't the program cache the results of file(1) :instead of calling it multiple times? : :Premature optimization is the root of all evil. : : :-- : "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" : :Wes Peters Softweyr LLC :http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com Someone would have to compare file sources or profile it to figure out what is causing the slowness. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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