randyk 2004/03/02 19:58:18 Modified: src/docs/general/os/win32 faq.pod Log: add note about slowness of Apache::Log on Win32. Revision Changes Path 1.13 +7 -0 modperl-docs/src/docs/general/os/win32/faq.pod Index: faq.pod =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-docs/src/docs/general/os/win32/faq.pod,v retrieving revision 1.12 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13 --- faq.pod 31 Dec 2003 19:03:07 -0000 1.12 +++ faq.pod 3 Mar 2004 03:58:18 -0000 1.13 @@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ to be used within the Apache2 sources are missing. Nevertheless, they may be useful for building and installing 3rd-party C modules. +=head2 Why is use of C<Apache::Log> on Win32 so slow? + +On Win32 Apache attempts to lock all writes to a file whenever +it's opened for append (which is the case with logging functions), as +Unix has this behavior built-in, while Win32 does not. Therefore +C<Apache::Log> functions could be slower than Perl's print()/warn(). + =head1 Maintainers Maintainer is the person(s) you should contact with updates,
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