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Date:	Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:21:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Verrry slooowww when PATH is set to 60 directories
To:	"Guy T. Moore Jr." <gmoore AT openmarket DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- "Guy T. Moore Jr." <gmoore AT openmarket DOT com> wrote:
> I am getting extremely slow execution of make.exe when I set my
> PATH inside the Makefile to about 4000 characters long (total of 60 different
> directories)
> inside a Cygwin v1.0 window on WinNT 4.0.
> 

This is known.  Keep the path minimal.  Directories on networked drives are the
slowest.  You can modify PATH for cygwin by exporting a modified path from the
~/.bashrc file.  This way you can leave the Windows PATH alone.



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