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tallest1 Deleted Jul 31, 2000, 1:16 PM Post #1 of 6 (1081 views) Faster Configuration files Can't Post To manage my scripts' configurations, I have a text file w/ a variable in each line (15-18 variables) and then a script that assigns each line to a variable (eg. $name = $line[3] At the moment it works fine but I'm concerned about its efficiency and loading time. The script which opens the config file and sets the variables is exectuted VERY VERY often and I'd hate to see it slow down the very scripts that rely on it. Do you know of any faster, more efficient ways to create/manage script configurations? Thanks in advance ------------------ Focus Web Services - Auto Updater

Kanji User / Moderator Jul 31, 2000, 3:02 PM Post #2 of 6 (1081 views) Re: Faster Configuration files [In reply to] Can't Post Persistance through something like mod_perl will make things truely fast (ie, load configs once, keep them in RAM until the config file changes), but if that's not an option, you could try ... <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR> require '/path/to/config.pl';</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ... and in config.pl ... <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR> %CONFIG = ( "name" => "...", "email" => "...", "ad nauseum" => "...", ); 1;</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

tallest1 Deleted Jul 31, 2000, 4:00 PM Post #3 of 6 (1081 views) Re: Faster Configuration files [In reply to] Can't Post Sorry, I forgot to mention that I need a type of config file w/ variables that can be edited by the script itself. Thats why I use variables in each line of a text file. Its easy for the script to modify it. P.S. - Is there any info on modperl anywhere? Thx for your feedback though. ------------------ Focus Web Services - Auto Updater

Kanji User / Moderator Jul 31, 2000, 6:06 PM Post #4 of 6 (1081 views) Re: Faster Configuration files [In reply to] Can't Post Why would modifying a perl script be any more difficult than modifying any other text file? The only thing I'd worry about is trying to require the file while overwritting it, but that's what flock is for. As for mod_perl, see http://perl.apache.org/ .

tallest1 Deleted Jul 31, 2000, 8:33 PM Post #5 of 6 (1081 views) Re: Faster Configuration files [In reply to] Can't Post Are you saying that I should have the script actually open and modify another script?!

Kanji User / Moderator Jul 31, 2000, 9:54 PM Post #6 of 6 (1081 views) Re: Faster Configuration files [In reply to] Can't Post Why not? As far as your script is concerned, it's just another text file to manipulate. Heck, here's a very rudimentary self-modifying, self-executing script! <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR> #!/usr/bin/perl -w local( $^I, @ARGV ) = ( ".bak", $0 ); while ( <> ) { s/(\d+);/ $1+1 . ";" /e if /\d+ \*\*/; print; } my $no = 2 ** 0; print $no, "\n"; exec $0 unless $no > 128; unlink "$0.bak";</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Error checking left as an exercise for the reader. :-)

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