Thomas Chadwick wrote: > Update. I've further observed that while running whoami at the > command-line returns a result immediately, running it inside a pair > of back-tics "`" shows the blocking behavior. For instance, if I do > this: > > $ whoami > > I get a result immediately. > > However, if I do this: > > $ echo `whoami` > > It takes a good 5-10 seconds to print a value and return the prompt.
Almost instantaneous here. I suggest you: $ echo `strace -o whoami.strace whoami` and look over whoami.strace for any obvious delays. Max. -- 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/
