From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: execution speed depends on $PATH 18 Nov 1997 10:27:19 -0800 Message-ID: <19971118180312.11113.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: morche AT sat1 DOT de Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:43:11 +0100 >From: Matthias Morche >To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" >Subject: execution speed depends on $PATH > >Hi! > >I've experienced a problem with PATH elements of the following form: >Z:. >These are a result of "map s16:=.my_server_sys.edv.sat1:public"(Novell). >On startup of gnu-win32 'Z:.' is expanded to '//Z.' which is obviously >wrong. After that, the search for executables gets very slow (I think >the search engine tries to locate a server named 'Z', and runs until >timeout). The effect becomes most obvious, when an executable has been >misspelled ('la' instead of 'ls' from the command shell). Are there any >patches dealing with this problem out there? Are there any work-arounds? One possible work-around could be to: mount -b Z:\\ /z Then your references could be /z/. NOTE: I can't test this as I don't have access to Novell. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".