:
: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/
w...@softweyr.com
Someone would have to compare file sources or profile it to figure out
what is causing the slowness.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dil...@backplane.com>
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