From: tjoen@dds.nl Subject: Re: bash: startup time 20 Mar 1998 17:15:32 -0800 Message-ID: <199803181940.UAA18018.cygnus.gnu-win32@k9.dds.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:26:13 -0500 (EST) > From: "Steven J. Zeil" > C: is a real drive > H: is a drivespace compressed drive, hosted on C: > > The B19 distribution is installed under h:\cygnus > From an MSDOS prompt "c:>", launching bash takes 8-10 seconds > From an MSDOS prompt "h:>", launching bash takes less than 2 seconds I tried the same but first launching from h: then c: Second launch is faster and with less diskaccess. Conclusion: it is still in the memory cache - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".