Hi,
As far as I remember this topic has been already discussed.
There are basically 2 ways of speeding up /etc/services queries:
1. To use /etc/passwd-/pwd.db scheme - i.e. using BDB as the main data
storage and allowing user to update it from /etc/services file by request.
2. Use the separate
Monday, May 21, 2007, 11:09:38 AM, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
EG> - Instead of reading and parsing /etc/services every time, use a
EG> hash or btree file a la the aliases database. A hash one (first
EG> key, next key) could be a replacement to use with getservent(),
EG> while a btree one could b
Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After the last patch I submitted with regarding to /etc/services,
> I was asked if I could see if I could do something about the speed
> of it. Personally I don't worry too much about it, my programs only
> access getservbyname() only once per program :-)
>
> I
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:50:28AM +0300, Niki Denev wrote:
> > Anybody with comments or suggestions from earlier threads like this?
>
> I think there is cached(8) daemon in -current that does exactly this,
> and more. Dunno if it will get in -stable.
I was pointed to that by grog@, but I never h
Hello,
After the last patch I submitted with regarding to /etc/services,
I was asked if I could see if I could do something about the speed
of it. Personally I don't worry too much about it, my programs only
access getservbyname() only once per program :-)
I did some tests with it, and at this mo
