So, as I understand it, cygwin opens every file it comes across in order to fill in the executable bit, by determining if the file begins with "!#"... and this is the primary cause of the incredibly slow performance when accessing large directory structures.
Is there any way of turning this off? Or, alternatively, would anyone like to flame me with an explanation of why I shouldn't be allowed to turn it off? The context: working in visual effects - so large directory structures containing many large files (sequences of film frames), and the need to manipulate these in-place in the windows directories in which they exist. Executables (scripts) are often mixed in & data-specific, so storing them under their own mount point is not an option. Possible workaround: mount everything "-x". Better: have the ability to define which extensions are considered executable, and name all data-specific scripts ".csh". (Generic scripts can be mounted "-x".) mitch -- 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/
