From: rrankin AT primenet DOT com (Rick Rankin) Subject: RE: Bash's fork problem solved: slow but it runs ! 7 Nov 1998 13:28:12 -0800 Message-ID: <000a01be0927$5229d3c0$9a1e01aa.cygnus.gnu-win32@rankin-isdn-ws2.sat.mot.com> References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 3 DOT 32 DOT 19981103182139 DOT 006a93f4 AT mail DOT eskimo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Enoch Wu" , Unless you *really* need them, get rid if the network drives in your path. We found it made things horribly slow, especially if you mistype a command. Could be our rather badly configured network, though. -- Rick Rankin rrankin AT primenet DOT com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com [mailto:owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com]On > Behalf Of Enoch Wu > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 7:22 PM > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Bash's fork problem solved: slow but it runs ! > > > Hi, > > I am happy to be able to run B20 on my office computer ! While > B19 refused > to run, now B20 runs pretty well as far as I can tell. > > There is perhaps some delay problem in getting the first Bash prompt. It > took 50 seconds for the $ prompt to appear after I clicked on the > CYGNUS icon. > > Well, I wish I could show you a test case but I think you guys cannot > repeat the test on your machine anyway since the problem is likely > machine/installation dependent. > > I do have something to show you, however, in the spirit of software > testing. I ran cygcheck as recommended and here is the output with timing > informarion. It took 7 minutes to complete cygcheck. Here is the output > of cygcheck: > > > ------cut > here------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tue Nov 3 14:34:15 1998 > > Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics > Current System Time: Tue Nov 03 14:34:16 1998 > > Win95 Ver 4.0 build 67109814 > > Path: //C/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/BIN > //C/TEXMF/MIKTEX/BIN > //C/WINDOWS > //C/WINDOWS/COMMAND > //C/UTIL > //Z/PUBLIC > //Y. > //X. > //W. > //V. > /bin > > SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM > WinDir: C:\WINDOWS > > CYGWIN = `tty' > HOME = `/home' > MAKE_MODE = `UNIX' > PWD = `/home' > > Use `-r' to scan registry > > a:\ fd N/A N/A > c:\ hd FAT N/A N/A CP UN > d:\ cd N/A N/A > f:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC SYS > g:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > h:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > i:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL2 > j:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > l:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > m:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC SYS > n:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > o:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > q:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL2 > r:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL2 > v:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > w:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > x:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > y:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC VOL1 > z:\ net OS2 N/A N/A CP FC SYS > > C:\root\b20 / native text!=binary > \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native text!=binary > \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native text!=binary > \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native text!=binary > \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native text!=binary > > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\bash.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cat.exe > Found: C:\UTIL\cat.exe > Not Found: cpp > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\find.exe > Found: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\gcc.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\gdb.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\ld.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\ls.exe > Found: C:\UTIL\ls.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\make.exe > Found: C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\sh.exe > Found: C:\root\b20\bin\sh.exe > > 371k 1998/11/02 C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cygtcl80.dll > 5k 1998/11/02 C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cygtclpip80.dll > 10k 1998/11/02 C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cygtclreg80.dll > 600k 1998/11/02 C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cygtk80.dll > 429k 1998/11/02 C:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\cygwin1.dll > Use -h to see help about each section > Tue Nov 3 14:41:51 1998 > > ---------cut here > please-------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks for reading. > > Enoch Wu > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".