Use Time::HiRes for precision timing. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Timing Issues I know this isn't exactly on topic, but I'm trying to locate items related to timing. I need a function which can provide a finer granularity than 1 second. I'd like to be to able to mark the current time, request a page via the net, and figure out the elapsed time to retrieve the page, all in perl of course. Has anyone any ideas how I can go about this? Every time related function I've looked at seems to be limited to one second. The second issue is a little more open ended. I am concerned that if I don't use some sort of delay, I could swamp our server and the one I'm requesting files from. I'm sure I need to throttle the requests, but am not sure as to the time between requests and what would be a reasonable delay. One request per second? One every 5 seconds? Any thoughts? Bob Minnick, Northern Webs http://www.northernwebs.com
