From 8c294704502f0abfb554baec7d372a9bf6a0f6c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arun Persaud Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:55:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] limit number of created thumbnails per batch to 50 larger numbers caused the program to be killed automatically on dreamhost (where I host my web pages). --- README | 8 ++++---- create_thumbnails.sh | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d2fbb81..cfbf541 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ about pictures with the Public tag. Next run ./create_thumbnails.sh This script creates thumbnails of all pictures and save them in local -directories. I will only create 100 pictures though, so you will need -to run it several times. This is done, so that you can easily run it -via cron for example every hour on a remote server without creating -jobs that last forever. +directories. I will only create 50 pictures at a time though, so you +will need to run it several times. This is done, so that you limit the +time this tasks run, so that it doesn't get shut down on for example +rented web-space where execcive CPU uses is an issue. Ones this is done you can visit index.php and everything should be working. diff --git a/create_thumbnails.sh b/create_thumbnails.sh index 6174538..6bae6bb 100755 --- a/create_thumbnails.sh +++ b/create_thumbnails.sh @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ done=0 offset=0 FILES="" -while [ $done -lt 200 ] ; do - echo "skipping $offset pics, getting 100 new pics to work on..." +while [ $done -lt 100 ] ; do + echo "skipping $offset pics, getting 50 new pics to work on..." # handle white space in filename correctly FILES=`sqlite3 $LOCALDB "select replace(base_uri||'/'||filename,' ','%20') from photos limit $offset,100"` @@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ while [ $done -lt 200 ] ; do fi #get ready to get the next 100 - offset=$((offset+100)) + offset=$((offset+50)) done -- 2.17.1