Re: file tail is slooooow with http://

From: Bruce Hartweg (bruce-news_at_hartweg.us)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:21:53 -0500

Sektor van Skijlen wrote:
> Let's try such a "filename":
>
> http://some.server.com/doc/123456789/1.2.3.4-some-document.txt
>
> for which I need only the last part: the name (1.2.3.4-some-document.txt).
>
> "file tail" needs about 5 seconds (!!!) to retrieve the last part of this
> name.
>
> Can someone explain me, why it takes so long? Or maybe there is any
> faster method to do that...
>
> Platform is SunOS (so I think ':' does not make a difference).
>
>
I think the time is somewhere else.

set x http://some.server.com/doc/123456789/1.2.3.4-some-document.txt
puts [file tail $x]

is instantaneous on both a windows box and a Solaris box.

look again at what you are timing and I bet you'll find something
else is the culprit.

Bruce