[REBOL] Re: Multi-process
From: louisaturk:coxinet at: 1-Nov-2002 14:04
Gregg,,
At 12:07 PM 11/1/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Louis,
>
><< In a certain script I must manually insert data then save the file. The
>file is huge and takes over two minutes to save, while I just sit there
>looking at the screen. >>
>
>Is there any processing going on while it's saving, or does it take that
>long just to write raw data?
Well, I didn't think about it when I made the post, but there is some
processing going on. Perhaps you can see a better way that will speed
things up.
Here is what is happening:
start: now/time
append buffer/text "Saving..."
show buffer
if exists? %i-8.bak [delete %i-8.bak append buffer/text "deleted
%i-8.bak...renaming %i-8.txt to %i-8.bak..." show buffer]
rename %i-8.txt %i-8.bak
append buffer/text "saving memory to %i-8.txt..."
show buffer
foreach line lines [
write/append %i-8.txt join line newline
]
append buffer/text "backing up to %/c/i-8.txt ... "
write %/c/i-8.txt read %i-8.txt
;print "backing up to %/f/i-8.txt."
;write %/e/i-8.txt read %i-8.txt
finish: now/time
backup-2-disk-time: finish - start
log-string: join now/date join " " join backup-2-disk-time "
(hours:minutes:seconds) were spent backing up data to disk."
append buffer/text rejoin [log-string newline]
show buffer
write/append %word-study-log.txt join log-string newline
append buffer/text rejoin ["DONE: backing up to disk took (in
hr:min:second): " backup-2-disk-time]
show buffer
>How large is the file?
8 MB
><< How can I save to a separate process so I can immediately get back to
>data
>entry (the manual data entry itself takes over two minutes, so there is no
>worry about saving before the previous save is completed).
>
>Is Rugby a solution? or does Rugby not work on a stand alone computer? >>
>
>You could use Rugby, or a simple TCP client/server system.
How?
Many thanks,
Louis
