To be noted : This delay is noted only when the program is run in Solaris machine and not in Red Hat Linux.
ALso the delay is not caused by the crypt application..since it takes one second jus to enter into the main of the crypt program. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Anisha Parveen <anishaparveen2...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a newbie to Perl scripting. I have a script file, with a statement as > below, which i find takes 1sec to execute. As this is called several times > in the script program, this is resulting in a significant delay in the > program. > > As i am new to the scripting language , i am unable to figure out why does > this statement exection takes so much time. > > my $Tmpstr = `$path $HOME/bin/*crypt* -e -f $_keyfile<<EOF > $str > EOF`; > > I have given a print statement above this line in the script file and when > i give another print statement inside the main of 'crypt' i see it takes one > second, just to enter into the main of that application. > > Can someone provide some pointers into what exactly is done by this > portion of the above statement, > > <<EOF > $str > EOF`; > > >
