Howdy Ant Gurus, We recently experienced a dramatic increase in our build time (~100 minutes) for one of our projects. Upon looking into this, I came to the conclusion that the adding 4 more passes of a task that updates a zip file is the culprit. This increased the size of the jar by ~40MB, and the number of files by ~4500. So I am trying to understand more about why this is the case so I can manage the build time better.
Am I correct, that when the zip task's update attribute is set to true the larger the zip file the longer it takes to update? Is this because ant process each file contained in the zip regardless of whether the files to be added have the same name or path? Does larger in this case only refer to the number of files and not the size (ie. it takes longer to update a zip with 1000 files totaling 30MB than it does to update a zip with 10 files totaling 60MB)? Will the number of files being added considerably change the time it takes to update the zip, or is it primarily based on my assumption that it's the size of the zip file being updated that makes the difference? For instance adding 100 files to x.zip isn't that much quicker than adding 500 files to x.zip, whereas adding 100 files to x.zip (which contains 100 files and is 10MB) is considerably faster than adding 500 files to y.zip (which contains 1000 files and is 40MB). Thanks, Barry ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice! This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are confidential and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) identified above. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the receiver of this information is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or storage of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the electronic transmission, including all attachments from your system.
