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Article #265Re: "blaming Unix SendMail"
From: Mark Horton
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 1984 05:41
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 1984 05:41
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Why does sendmail (or the termcap library, or anything else in Unixland for that matter) have to parse a rarely-changing text file every time it is started? Check out the following /usr/lib/sendmail -bz This creates a binary file for quick startup. Termcap is being replaced by terminfo, which also uses binary files. So of course it doesn't have to. But it's great for prototyping when the first stab is in a text format. Mark
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 3/23/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: "blaming Unix SendMail" Message-ID: <1291@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 00:41:20 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1291 Posted: Thu Apr 26 00:41:20 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Apr-84 00:34:03 EST References: <487@hou3c.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 14