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From: Joe Buehler <jbuehler AT hekimian DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin is SLOW.
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:15:15 -0400
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Bernard A Badger wrote:

> So, chmod has to be searched for over my path, and ends up coming over the
> network.  No wonder it's slow.

That's a good point -- the value of PATH can cause poor performance on
UNIX machines.  Commands that are most frequently used should be in
directories at the beginning of PATH.

Joe Buehler




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