> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Igor Pechtchanski > > > ~$ time hostname > > MY_HOSTNAME > > real 0m0.111s > > user 0m0.060s > > sys 0m0.040s > > [...] > > > > ~$ time echo `hostname` > > MY_HOSTNAME > > real 0m6.175s > > user 0m0.060s > > sys 0m0.050s > > > > ..and that was a fast one. Usually it takes > 7 seconds. > > Does <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-03/msg00730.html> help? >
Thanks; that's it exactly, Igor. I was focusing on the backtick, but it seems to have something to do with spawning shells while there is ANY low-priority process sucking up all the idle CPU. The latest cygwin1.dll snapshot solved this problem. I didn't find the answer in my searches because I was focusing on bash & backticks... Neal -- 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/
