> >Why not use cron instead? > > > >Jason > > Thank you for suggestion but it's an application server managed by > non-UNIX 'mouse users' which may manually start the task, so it should > be simple for them. > > It seems that not having an output window slows down the script > dramatically on each 'echo'.
I assume you are using Windows 2000? Could it be that Cygwin is waiting for the caption of the console window to change, but it never does because it's on a hidden desktop? Chris -- 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/
