$ time ksh -c 'ct=0;while [ $ct -lt 20 ] ; do ct=`expr $ct + 1` > ./ltmain gcc -I/usr/local/include -g -c -o ltmain.o ltmain.c > /dev/null 2>&1 > done' 29.00s real 20.56s user 6.48s system $ time ksh -c 'ct=0;while [ $ct -lt 20 ] ; do ct=`expr $ct + 1` > ../=build/libtool gcc -I/usr/local/include -g -c -o \ > ltmain.o ltmain.c > /dev/null 2>&1 ; done' 29.91s real 22.36s user 5.94s system That's a 3% savings in real time and twice that in CPU cycles!! _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool