X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_CG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <5317003ee3c4a22885a3070975db84f3.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> In-Reply-To: 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 14:16:16 -0700 Subject: Re: Cygwin Performance and stat() From: "Christopher Wingert" To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 I actually wrote my own rsync in AutoIt, but it is also limited. However, I thought it would a nice addition to speed up Cygwin. As I have been using it for about 10 years and made my transition from Linux to Windows so pleasant. > 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 > > -- 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