From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9504 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2002 14:32:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 9489 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2002 14:32:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO firewall1ext.vx.com) (65.34.19.122) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 16 Jul 2002 14:32:39 -0000 Received: from port (port.vx.com [192.168.1.231]) by firewall1ext.vx.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id g6GEWaw07226; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:32:36 -0400 From: "Bernard A Badger" To: "Joe Buehler" , Subject: RE: Cygwin is SLOW. Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:44:00 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: <3D342A73.8050802@hekimian.com> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg01250.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of Joe Buehler > Bernard A Badger wrote: > > > So, chmod has to be searched for over my path, and ends up coming over the > > network. No wonder it's slow. > > That's a good point -- the value of PATH can cause poor performance on > UNIX machines. Commands that are most frequently used should be in > directories at the beginning of PATH. > > Joe Buehler Yes, but... Don't let speed override correctness. This is particularly critical for Cygwin users since may override many windows functions. I don't put D:\cygwin\bin in my windows path for that very reason. If I do, I usually add it at the end of the path, even though that's slower. I am primarily a Windows user, and I don't want to mess up my Windows programs and scripts. If I need real Cygwin power, I use the bash shell with a Cygwin-first path. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/