On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Jeremy Wadsack wrote:
>
> 2] Because the you're still building a cache file each month with ALL cumulative
> results, then parsing all previous cachfiles. If you want to build a cumulative
> cachfile, then delete the old ones. (But this isn't recommended -- see
>docs/chache.html)
>
This is the point. Under your scheme:
cache1 is made from log1. OK.
cache2 is made from log2 + cache1 = log1 + log2. Still OK.
cache3 is made from log3 + cache1 + cache2 = log1 TWICE + log2 + log3.
Whoops.
cache4 is made from log4 + caches 1-3 = log1 x 3 + log2 x 2 + log3 + log4.
And so on.
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