Just so that the list thread gets the info, I had a private reply from Dan Vasaru, who referred me to his patch to bash here:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00446.html I applied his patch to the current cygwin bash source (plus the three wide-character compilation fixes for bash on current cygwin mentioned elsewhere in the list archives) and the one-byte-read problem goes away. (The patch turns off the bash cygwin-specific detection for a non-seekable file handle and enables existing bash code to get the seeking-in-text-mode stuff right). i.e. bash now reads script files in buffered chunks rather than character-at-a-time. (note - I don't mean character-at-a-time buffered by stdio, I mean char-at-a-time from the O/S). I originally noticed the problem with a network analyser, which also shows the fix. For a 2.5Kbyte script, the patched bash does 2 reads (two network reply/response data packets) versus the current cygwin bash which does 2500 network read/reply packets. Note that cygwin strace suggests that the problem also occurs for scripts on local disk, although it obviously has less impact in that case. For my money, this is a great patch. I've not tested it for other ill effects as yet, but the read issue is certainly resolved. regards, jb [I'm not subscribed to the list and originally contacted the authors of a previous thread on this subject directly. I'll not see any list replies unless cc:'d.] -- 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/
