X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <5068AEF2.6040006@rosi-kessel.org> <5069BE59.5030303@malth.us> <5069C743.5090908@cornell.edu> <5069D273.6060507@cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:32:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bash very slow in cygwin 1.7.16-1 Win7/64 bit From: Adam Kessel To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Adam Kessel wrote: >> specified in /etc/passwd) if it doesn't exist. This assumes that HOME is >> not set in the Windows environment. Are you seeing something different? > > Yes. I just installed from scratch -- download setup.exe and specify a > new directory for install; then installed only bash and its > prerequisites. When I run the default cygwin.bat in the new directory, > I get: > > bash-4.1$ pwd > /usr/bin > bash-4.1$ echo $HOME > /home/avk > bash-4.1$ cd > bash: cd: /home/avk: No such file or directory And in any event, if I then mkdir /home/avk, even in my fresh install, cygwin is still extremely slow. Adam -- 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