-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:06:43 +0100 Ian Eiloart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's fair enough. I do have an idea about how to use a python > script with Exim. I don't know enough to make it efficient, though. > Maybe there's a problem with my python installation, or the way that > I invoke it, but it seems that even a simple query takes four or five > seconds to run: > > rinka-12 # date ; /local/mailman/bin/list_members ian-test4 ; date > Thu Jun 8 16:47:09 BST 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thu Jun 8 16:47:13 BST 2006 > > But, it takes about 0.7 seconds to print "hello world", and truss > shows a lot of files being opened just to get a list of members. You should definitely use time(1) instead, but to open and print a 3 member list should be nearly instantaneous. FWIW, it only takes me about 1/2 second to do the same on a 2500 member list on fairly old h/w. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRImPMHEjvBPtnXfVAQICTQQArHcq2KOwZuFnRFj+gwJn+N2HAuNT7qwD epQwc+zEfrSJ8Q1VECMh+g9/nDSHI2h7sp10ST46NMaj60Fyhr7TahSrfNsEZzgQ 5jhuQAPA0wdKUFciCVIRNrrkJCLJLIMjQ6sJXDil2BVT858MlR+XvrH77cahw4HZ O/VCDexviSQ= =Id8s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
