Re: Archive::Tar problems....

2002-12-14 Thread Dr. Poo
Well... here's an update I've found that it's actually the $tar->write() calls that are slowing the whole operation down... I'm guessing the write actually writes then reads the tar again...which as it grows in size, it will take longer and more cpu resources to read it EACH time... Which

Archive::Tar problems....

2002-12-14 Thread Dr. Poo
My name is Chris, HI! I'm working on a backup application... and i'm using your Archive::Tar perl module (version .22). My question to you is, how can i "flush" the in memory archive after it has reached a certain condition...say like a certain size. My problem is this.