From: iverson AT cisco DOT com (Tim Iverson)
Subject: Re: Shell script performance
11 Dec 1997 17:57:01 -0800
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To: kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk (Kevin Hughes)
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If you're running stock b18, I'd guess stat(), not fork/exec (though
fork/exec is really slow, too).  Last I checked, stat() actual opens each
file and reads a few bytes to check for symbolic links.  IMHO, this is an
incredible waste of time, especially considering that W95/NT already has a
defined symbolic link standard (.lnk files).

I strongly suspect this has changed in b19 and probably Sergey's code, since
I recall that this whole topic was beaten to death and finally resolved
about 6 months ago.


- Tim Iverson
  iverson AT lionheart-com



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| From: Kevin Hughes <kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk>
| To: "Gnuwin95 (E-mail)" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
| Subject: Shell script performance
| Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:51:39 -0000
| 
[paraphrased: cygwin32 bash is incredibly slow + some examples]
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