From 7209272d72110c2ad3d551467d4173a46566c635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:42:21 +0000 Subject: . --- tests/sort-time/README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tests/sort-time/README (limited to 'tests/sort-time/README') diff --git a/tests/sort-time/README b/tests/sort-time/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fcb9d3dca --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/sort-time/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +determine whether it's worthwhile to add a --line-length=N option to sort. +Add the option and perform this test: + +Test method: +============== +for n in 80 200 400 800 3000; do + sort a file with $n-char lines using the default of N=30 + sort the same file with --line-length=$n + compare run times +done + +do this on at least SunOS, Linux, Solaris -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf