Send_file VS. send_data (performance)

Does anybody know if there is a big performance/time cost difference
between these two methods of serving a file:

------------------------------- #1

send_file “test.png”, :type => ‘image/png’, :disposition => ‘inline’


#2------------------------------------------
content = ‘’
File.open(“test.png”, “rb”) do |f|
f.each_line { |line| content += line }
end
send_data content, :type => ‘image/png’, :disposition => ‘inline’


Are there any other methods? Can method #2 get faster by reading the
entire file in one sweep (as opposed to read line by line)?

Thanx in advance,
Daniel

Hi Daniel

Try the ruby profile library

http://www.rubycentral.com/book/lib_standard.html

You should be able to get this to show the time spent in each method. A
simple test should show which one is faster.

Cheers