On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 20:02 -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 10/7/2010 7:08 PM, Reid Thompson wrote: > > given that -- split the file into 5? chunks and kick off 5? copies of > > the script > > Given the amount of time required to write a multithreaded application > that intelligently divides up work units across cores, versus the eight > hours for a single-threaded, single-cored version... > > There's an old rule of thumb about not using more hammer than you need > for a given nail. Tacks get tackhammers and railroad spikes get > sledgehammers, but it's foolish to drive tacks with sledges or spikes > with tackhammers. > > This is a tack problem. Use a tackhammer. >
sorry -- my assumption was that he'd already generated the 30k entry passphrase file n = wc -l passphrasefile split -l n passphrase file -> aaa aab aac aad aae kick off a script for each aaX 5 tackhammers _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
