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From: David Rothenberger <daveroth@acm.org>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygwin very slow under virtual box (productivity hit)
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:03:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EB47D44.2000009@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EB47CA6.208@acm.org>

On 11/4/2011 5:00 PM, David Rothenberger wrote:
> Or, perhaps simply try
> 
>   $ PATH /bin /bin/ls
> 
> and see if your problem goes away.

That should read:

  $ PATH=/bin /bin/ls

and just to be clear, the "$" is the prompt character. Don't type it.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-05  0:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-04 23:28 J.V.
2011-11-05  0:01 ` David Rothenberger
2011-11-05  0:03   ` David Rothenberger [this message]
2011-11-07 23:12 ` FAQ 4.2 Why is Cygwin suddenly so slow? (was Re: cygwin very slow under virtual box (productivity hit)) Cyrille Lefevre
2011-11-08  9:33   ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-11-08 12:32     ` szgyg

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