X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:58:41 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1249689056.20120611175841@mtu-net.ru> To: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Shell script loop runs out of memory In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A770AB442@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD36023A42C2@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A770C827D@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A770AB442@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Greetings, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]! > Just to complete this topic ... > This gets rid of all the fork-execs in the inner loop except > for sleep. Instead of comparing file contents, it uses > the test builtin to compare time stamps. I /never ever/ rely on timestamps, except for casual check of the file age. If I want to know, if two files are equal, I always compare contents. Always. Even on 4Gb+ files. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 11.06.2012, <17:57> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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