On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 11:28 +0100, Richard Caley wrote: > > > Actually I have no idea why I did my script in /bin/sh, maybe I had > > > something off for lunch that day:-). > > > If you ever check perl vs sh, you'll find that perl is HUGE > > Most linux people probably have bash pretending to be /bin/sh, and > a fresh perl is only about 30% bigger than a fresh bash in memory > footprint on the RH9 machine I just tried it on. > > Of course, this is because bash is ridiculously bloated, not because > perl is slim. > > Actually I think I stuck to sh because I have the vague hope of trying > to see if bacula will run on the nslu2 box I'm putting in place to > hold the backups, and so keeping perl out of everything I do with > bacula seemed like a good idea at the time.
Oooh. Let me know if you get it working. I purchased an NSLU2 for that purpose as well - I just haven't gotten 'round to fooling with it. -davidc -- I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult the calendar. -Robert Brault ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
