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From:	"Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo AT hotmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: Slowness when setting PS1 variable???
Date:	Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:25:26 -0500
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>Do you run a CPU-soaking background program such as SETI AT home,
>Folding AT home (the protein folding experiment) or fightAIDS AT home
>(the AIDS drug discovery program)?
>
>If so, you're seeing the result of the changes to how Cygin accesses
>pipes in 1.3.18.

You hit the nail on the head!!

I'm running SETI AT Home.  Killed the process, launched a new bash shell, and 
voila!  The slowdown has magically disappeared!


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