X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: scripting and cygwin Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:37:44 -0500 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <465F7608 DOT 30504 AT earthlink DOT net> <465F7CA7 DOT 8010909 AT earthlink DOT net> <465F7EE8 DOT 5030803 AT earthlink DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) In-Reply-To: <465F7EE8.5030803@earthlink.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com John wrote: > Hi, > > I finished the script I have been working on. Unfortunately, > this Pee Cee version won't even finish the full data run > as it crashes with Zone Alarm. Since I have a long term good > relationship with Zone Alarm, I have to write off cygwin. > > And here are the timings I get from my Windoze cygwin machine > vs. my MacBook Os X are (comparable machines): > > Timings on Windoze cygwin: > > Foo.txt: > Elapsed Time: [0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 53 seconds] > My Expenses: > Elapsed Time: [0 days 0 hours 4 minutes 19 seconds] > Y2007.txt: > Zone Alarm crashes ALWAYS, won't even finish > > Timings on Mac OS X: > Foo.txt: > Elapsed Time: [0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 3 seconds] > My Expenses: > Elapsed Time: [0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 9 seconds] > Y2007.txt: > Elapsed Time: [0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 36 seconds] > > I am afraid I just have to move all this to my MacBook > and forget about Windoze/cygwin. > > John What the hell are you talking about?!? ZoneAlarm sucks. Uninstall it. What does your script do? Who knows. Who cares. You wish to give up on Cygwin. Halaluah! Wonderful. Who the hell cares! Just because you cannot program doesn't mean that others can't. -- Andrew DeFaria Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. - Oscar Wilde -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/