From: tjoen AT dds DOT nl
Subject: Re: bash: startup time
20 Mar 1998 17:15:32 -0800
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> Date:          Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:26:13 -0500 (EST)
> From:          "Steven J. Zeil" <zeil AT cs DOT odu DOT edu>

>   C: is a real drive
>   H: is a drivespace compressed drive, hosted on C:
> 
> The B19 distribution is installed under h:\cygnus

>   From an MSDOS prompt "c:>", launching bash takes 8-10 seconds 
>   From an MSDOS prompt "h:>", launching bash takes less than 2 seconds 

I tried the same but first launching from h: then c:
Second launch is faster and with less diskaccess.
Conclusion: it is still in the memory cache
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