--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Martin, thanks for the response. Yes there are
> multiple servers and I tried to simplify the code
> since I wasn't providing a full script. This can
> also help me minimize hard coding throughout the
> script.
Avoiding hard coding - always a good thing... :-)
When you start making large hash data structures, it's
important to work out what you wish to do with the
config information at 'runtime'. Just so you minimise
looping through the structure, rather than being able
to go straight to the data you want - which it looks
like you are doing anyway:-)
May I suggest that you build a hash Reference though,
instead of a hash itself...
or perhaps, if this data is not going to be 'dynamic'
e.g. overwritten, manipulated etc... that you could in
fact define it as a constant...
use constant CONF => {
'DEV' =>{
......
}
}
then
my $ssh= CONF->{$dev}->{..}....->{sshconn};
If you plan to run this under mod perl or some other
kind of daemon or stay alive type process, or if you
do any forking, then defining constants for config
info will ensure memory usage is kept to a minimum....
If your script simply starts and then stops then it
won't be an issue either way...
regards
Marty
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