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Date:	Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:15:55 -0400
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
CC:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>, Gareth Pearce <tilps AT hotmail DOT com>,
	Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: ITP: netpbm
References:	<FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C5F31 AT itdomain003 DOT itdomain DOT net DOT au>

Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 2:46 AM
> 
> ...
> > But cygwin is used on
> > both NTFS and
> > FAT...
> 
> Which is the killer question: is adding a directory to the search path
> more or less of a performance hog than adding x-100 .exes and/or .dll's
> to the /usr/bin directory. And will the inevitable 'my dos script can't
> find netpbm foobar tool' questions be worth it?
> 

It be the reason I would want the binaries in /bin.  I even remove the
/usr/bin from the PATH.  Watch how many extra calls to the path methods
are generated via an strace output.  You really want to avoid extra path
walks based on PATH.

> Well my system32 directory here has 1971 files. Adding a coupla hundred
> optional files doesn't seem all that bad to me.
> 

Not in light of the path walk and path methods.

> And hey, if FAT is too slow, folk can always install the windows ext2
> driver.
> 

Or upgrade to XP4HOME, NTFS is the file system.

Earnie.

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