> I'll give you an insight into how I use aliases... That's a fantastic list Ravi! I don't think I've been abusing ARB as much as I should have been. I'm gonna snatch some of those!
>> If I were to continue parsing aliases from a single file then no >> difference would be made to the caching mechanism that's currently >> in place. On the other hand, if I were to read a directory for a >> list of alias scripts then I most likely wouldn't need to cache >> them if things move quickly enough. > > I guess a test is the only way to know for sure. I'm assuming the > file listing would be held in some sort of disk cache and a disk > access wouldn't be necessary every time. If you mean that the OS would take care of this then it would be likely. I couldn't program this in the script as it would stop ARB from knowing when an external alias has been created/removed. > As an aside, I'll probably not upgrade if individual files are used > for aliases, but don't let that hinder you from going along that > route - there are clear advantages for users with only a moderate > number of scripts. At the moment it's a bit unclear as to what will happen because everyone likes the poll choices almost equally! :-P Thanks for your feedback! -- Regards, Alex Peters Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
