X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_CG,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C094B0D.5010406@cs.umass.edu> References: <4C03D6C5.4050004@x-ray.at> <80373222dd5d43b134a5ede7036e7674.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <20100602080626.GV16885@calimero.vinschen.de> <383c8b44a088dad09a0b77d3299feda7.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <20100602174848.GA14172@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100603235944.GA12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100604024422.GB12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <78e7b77657c0cfcd63dc22ad9679bc85.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <20100604045807.GC12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <2570318aabfa537bf24c8d3a55f9dcd4.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <4C092F96.5040800@cygwin.com> <7a1785a5f0a1d0a8956cd10e573f2e53.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <4C094B0D.5010406@cs.umass.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:58:29 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin Performance and stat() From: Andy Koppe To: moss@cs.umass.edu, cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 4 June 2010 19:50, Eliot Moss wrote: > I don't think there's an objection here to > patching *rsync* specially in the cygwin > environment -- that would be between you > and the rsync port maintainer. The issue > is whether or not to make a more general > change to cygwin itself, and cgf is just > saying that that's hard to do. > > Conceivably we could come up with some > additional functions that cygwin ports > could use if they want to, but "out of > box" use of stat needs to replicate > full behavior since there's no way to > know what a given call of stat really > needs ... MKS has such a faster but limited version of stat: http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man3/_NutFastStat.3.asp Shame about the name. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple