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Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:54:54 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How big are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files?
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On Jan 31 13:46, Jim Kresse wrote:
> >   Is anybody here who's using /etc/passwd and/or group files
> >   of more than 16K in size?
> >
> > If so, please reply to this thread with the size of your files.
>=20
> /etc/passwd:  2.6 MB
> /etc/group:  460 kB

Oh boy.  Considering what I wrote in my mail:

>     As a sidenote, if you think Cygwin is slow, one factor *might* be
>     the size of your passwd and group files.  Right now, these files
>     have to be loaded anew in each exec'ed process.
>     This is supposed to go away with my patch, but big passwd and
>     group files would still have an impact when starting the first
>     Cygwin process (mintty, for instance).

would you be willing to reduce the size of the files to the entries
you really need and see how much of a performance impact this has
when running, say, a make or so?


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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