On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:20:40PM -0400, Jim Conner wrote:
> I am writing a script that is quite cool imo once I get it done. But
> already I am seeing that it takes a ton of system resources. Simply put,
> the script watches a log file (like tail -f) and then reacts to certain
> things that occur. I am thinking that the loop that it is in might be
> taking up all the resources but that doesn't quite jive with my knowledge
> of how this kind of thing works. Here is a snippet of the resource usage
> from top(3):
You're using up all those resources because your program is sitting in
a hard loop. Try inserting a sleep at the bottom of your outer for
loop. You might also want to take a look at "How do I do a 'tail -f"
in perl?' in perlfaq5.
Walt
