RE: diff can be slow

Just a guess: Do You have hyperthreaded CPUs? Does disable HT in BIOS accelerate the processes? matthias -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: diff can be slow

I have had the same problem with Cygwin and gcc. Compiling on a Pentium too 8 hours. Go to work and come back, and its still compiling. Slow computer. On my 1.2 celeron, compiling takes an hour or two for GCC, less than 20 minutes for the cygwin.dll -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

diff can be slow

If it helps I will be more specific (versions, cygcheck.out, etc) in a follow-up communication but for the moment could I just investigate whether this sort of behaviour is familiar to anybody else? I seem to remember seeing a post reporting something similar and non-specific a while ago, but can l