Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:17:03 -0500 From: David T-G To: "CygWin Users' List" Subject: Re: setup.exe and disk fragmentation Message-ID: <20020607171703.GG12375@justpickone.org> References: <004901c20e3e$27334d70$cd8a9dc0 AT uk DOT aonix DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004901c20e3e$27334d70$cd8a9dc0@uk.aonix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i --z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cliff, et al -- =2E..and then Cliff Hones said... %=20 % Having discovered the disk containing my Cygwin installation % was heavily fragmented, I tried the following experiment: =2E.. % developing the utility. Minimising file copying, and deleting % temporary files as soon as possible would help. I don't know anything about how it works or how the tmp stuff is used (a build area + a quick mv, or a temp-use-delete?), but perhaps allowing for another partition, even asking the user for one, (and taking note of $TMP?) could help... HTH & HAND :-D --=20 David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) davidtg AT justpickone DOT org * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) davidtgwork AT justpickone DOT org http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! --z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9AOqPGb7uCXufRwARAqp9AJwN7M3Bxg95x4ZBHlEDSvci0/EdhACeOXzo 6GnRmW4YrZ+Fhfwhwg2ZBZQ= =FhcA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy--