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		Simucal on June 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NeoCities Does Nginx use sendfile under the hood or is it something you would use separately?

kyledrake on June 21, 2013 | [–]

https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files...

https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files...

zhemao on June 21, 2013 | [–]

It's an option you can choose at compilation time, I believe.

eclipticplane on June 21, 2013 | [–]

It's a configuration option, actually [1]. No need to recompile. If anyone isn't using it, try it out!

[1] http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#sendfile

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