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fastest way to get multiple files via http
travs69, you were right about it being easy to learn and easy to use! I had a go at implementing the solution yesterday then logged on here today to find the code I wrote was practically identical to the example you just gave! It doesn't make too much difference at the moment, but i'm hoping...- martyncito
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- Forum: Perl
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fastest way to get multiple files via http
Travs69, I have looked at the ForkManager and it looks like this might do the trick. Basically a list of image urls are given to us as a text file and we are required to download these regularly (thousands). Unfortunately they don't tell us which have changed so we have to do a "full refresh"...- martyncito
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- Forum: Perl
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fastest way to get multiple files via http
I am looking to tune a perl script I have written to get images via http and save the file locally. The script makes an HTTP::Request to urls and writes the files one by one - what would be the best way to speed up the process? I guess it would be more efficient to use threads but I am new to...- martyncito
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