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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:56:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "Matthew W. Roberts" <robermat AT uwplatt DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Upgraded, CYGWIN *much* slower
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Matthew W. Roberts wrote:

> > Back from vacation, meanwhile.. tried without antivirus? There have
> > been similar problems before, like one special screensaver making
> > cygwin slow as.. you know :-) Disabling it.. cygwin flies away.. small
> > incompabilities between versions and so on.
>
> Tried disabling the anti-virus.  Didn't help.  Looks like I'm going
> to have to roll up my sleeves, compile a debug version of one of the
> offending programs, and see what's really causing the problem.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions,
> Matt

Matt,

Before you do that, you might wish to run the offending programs under
"strace".  This will get you a trace of system calls with timestamps, so
you can see where the slowdown is that way...  For more details, "man
strace".
	Igor
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