On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:31:43 +0100, David Welton wrote > > I know that putting this question I'm maybe destroying the > > residual reputation I have: what is 'ab'? > > It stands for 'apache benchmark', and the man page should be > available with 'man ab'. You can use it to measure performance, but > also to pound on a server a little bit. >
Wonderful, a meaningful name. It recalls the old joke about the VAX/VMS programmer who wanted his brain to be partially removed because he wanted to become an IBM mainframe programmer: by the late '80s "that was the job where the money was". But the surgeons went a bit too further removing his brain and when he came out of the surgery he spoke like this "Grep! awk bc! cc..." happy new year to you guys. -- Universita' degli Studi di Parma (http://www.unipr.it) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
