X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C93F0E7.90301@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:51:19 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unacceptable behavior -- slowing down script execution References: <4C939E17.8030208@charter.net> <4C93EFCE.1050501@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <4C93EFCE.1050501@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 9/17/2010 6:46 PM, SJ Wright wrote: > The above message:http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-09/msg00568.html I > have found other messages that discuss the 100% CPU load issue in previous > versions of Cygwin. No wonder no one's bothered to answer my questions yet -- > evidently one should take it as read that anything fancier than cmd.exe as a > terminal emulator will do this. > > Okay, so here's QUESTION #6: Why should a bash script call up sh.exe, not > once but as many as three times, as processes in Task Manager when run in the > current version of Cygwin? > > As for the slowdown in script execution: I've pondered using ssh, scp and ftp > to do all my heavier-load script running remotely to my Linux laptop. > QUESTION #7: Am I the only one who thinks this shouldn't be necessary? > > Here's hoping I've piqued someone's interest. Here's a thought: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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