Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 6341 invoked by uid 6000); 9 Aug 1999 02:44:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 6329 invoked from network); 9 Aug 1999 02:44:17 -0000 Received: from fwns1d.raleigh.ibm.com (HELO fwns1.raleigh.ibm.com) (204.146.167.235) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 9 Aug 1999 02:44:17 -0000 Received: from rtpmail03.raleigh.ibm.com (rtpmail03.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.172.47]) by fwns1.raleigh.ibm.com (8.9.0/8.9.0/RTP-FW-1.2) with ESMTP id WAA24242 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 22:43:52 -0400 Received: from lig32-227-30-109.us.lig-dial.ibm.com (lig32-227-30-109.us.lig-dial.ibm.com [32.227.30.109]) by rtpmail03.raleigh.ibm.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/RTP-ral-1.1) with ESMTP id WAA30614 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 22:43:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 22:43:24 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Rasmus Lerdorf To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: general/4809: It would be nice if Apache could write compressedlogfiles. In-Reply-To: <37AD4140.271E32FC@home.com> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: rasmus@mail3.bellglobal.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Status: O > > > Doing so would also allow us to do the compression-on-the-fly > > > content delivery people have requested. No? > > > > Correct. zlib gives you all the standard file io functions like gzopen, > > gzclose, gzread, gzwrite, gzeof, etc. > > > > -Rasmus > > So, how would this be done though? A large site doing a lot of hits/sec > could end up spending most of its time just compressing log files. Hey, I was just relaying information. I think it is a terrible idea to make Apache write compressed log files on the fly. -Rasmus