Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: From: eck douglas To: "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Subject: slow 'rm -rf' behavior on network drive Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 12:24:04 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2417.0) Content-Type: text/plain I was cleaning house on a fairly slow windows NT network drive and noted that rm -rf (B20.1 under bash) is vastly slower than using explorer and deleting the same (copied) large directory. I didn't have time to do a set of tests, but the time difference is obvious Any ideas? Enhancements? Douglas Eck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com