> When I run this code on windows it runs quickly > (about a second per image) but when I run it on linux > it runs very very slowly (10+ seconds per image). > ....
jdonnell .... I'm running a 1999 vintage 250 MHz Compaq with Debian Gnu/Linux & Python 2.3.5 .... The following version of your code worked very well here .... # --------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env python ''' NewsGroup .... comp.lang.python Date ......... 2005-10-26 Posted_By .... jdonnell Edited_By .... Stanley C. Kitching ''' import sys import time import urllib2 this_module = sys.argv[ 0 ] beg = time.time() f = urllib2.urlopen( 'http://site.heavenlytreasures.com/images/e6115.jpg' ) outfile = open( 'e6115.jpg' , 'wb' ) outfile.write( f.read() ) outfile.close() f.close() end = time.time() dt = end - beg print print ' %s' % this_module print print ' Image saved .... %.4f Seconds ' % dt print # --------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ~/python $ ./urllib2_image_get.py ./urllib2_image_get.py Image saved .... 0.3973 Seconds -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list