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Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:50:39 -0500
From:	Timothy Reaves <treaves AT y11a165 DOT neo DOT rr DOT com>
Message-Id:	<199903081350.IAA10871@y11a165.neo.rr.com>
To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Time taken for ls -la --color=yes

>>       When I execute this on my machine, a dual PII 266 with 192 meg
>> memory & a Seagate Cheeta 10,000rpm hard drive, with three other
>> applications running (Netscape, mail, a data conversion app), it
>> takes a good 1.5 to 2 seconds to display a directory with fewer than
>> 60 entries.
>> 
>>       Is this normal?
>
>Just the first time, or every time?

     For a directory with 83 entries, the first display took 2.5 seconds. After that the time was 'normal'.  Dir under a DOS windows has no perceptable delay.

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