Hello!
When I try this on Unix, it runs pretty fast ...
spew_10MB_or_more | perl my_script.pl
This finishes in seconds, even though the command spew_10MB_or_more
creates very large text files that often exceed 10 MB. When I do the
same thing on a DOS shell under Windows XP, it takes minutes!
Note if I split the command up ...
spew_10MB_or_more > temp.txt
perl my_script.pl temp.txt
That runs in seconds on both Unix and DOS.
Why does the pipe method take *so* much longer on DOS? Is there any way
to make it run faster that doesn't involve explicit temporary files?
In case it matters, spew_10MB_or_more is a program I cannot change.
Thanks!
-George
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