X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Szymon Lapinski Subject: cygwin-1.5.24-2 serious shell execution performance degradation on WinXP x64 SP2 Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:03:09 +0200 Lines: 427 Message-ID: <46DBE9ED.2050803@syncad.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080206090402030202000008" User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070828) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 --------------080206090402030202000008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Recently I found a serious performance degradation in my gawk scripts while running on WinXP x64 SP2, it appears that this is not only gawk problem, but spawning child processes in a subshell at all. I'm not sure if this was caused by SP2 or by some of following Windows updates but it used to work well before SP2, and still works well on Windows 2000. In my gawk scripts I'm doing a lot of system() - spawning subshells to run commands like 'mv' or 'test -d'. How to reproduce this problem: time gawk 'BEGIN{for(i=1;i<1000;i++){system("true")}}' time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do bash -c true; done Each of above commands used to end in under 30 seconds. Now on WinXP x64 SP2 it runs much more than 2 minutes. 'cygcheck -s -v -r' output included in attachment -- Regards, Szymon Lapinski --------------080206090402030202000008 Content-Type: text/plain; name="cygcheck.out" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="cygcheck.out" Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Mon Sep 03 11:28:16 2007 Windows 2003 Server Ver 5.2 Build 3790 Service Pack 2 Running under WOW64 on AMD64 Running in Terminal Service session Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\WINDOWS\system32 c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem C:\cygwin\bin Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 500(Administrator) GID: 513(None) 0(root) 513(None) 544(Administrators) 555(Remote Desktop Users) 545(Users) Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 500(Administrator) GID: 513(None) 0(root) 513(None) 544(Administrators) 555(Remote Desktop Users) 545(Users) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS USER = 'Administrator' PWD = '/home/Administrator' HOME = '/home/Administrator' MAKE_MODE = 'unix' HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator' MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man' APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data' PROGRAMW6432 = 'C:\Program Files' HOSTNAME = 'c2d' TERM = 'cygwin' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'EM64T Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel' WINDIR = 'C:\WINDOWS' COMMONPROGRAMW6432 = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files' OLDPWD = '/cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr' USERDOMAIN = 'C2D' COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86) = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files' OS = 'Windows_NT' ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' TEMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files' USERNAME = 'Administrator' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '6' FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO' SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:' PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 = 'AMD64' USERPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator' CLIENTNAME = 'gandalf' PS1 = '\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ ' LOGONSERVER = '\\C2D' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86' !C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin' SHLVL = '1' PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' HOMEDRIVE = 'C:' PROMPT = '$P$G' COMSPEC = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' TMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp' SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\WINDOWS' CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh' PROCESSOR_REVISION = '0f06' INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:' PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files (x86)' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '2' PROGRAMFILES(X86) = 'C:\Program Files (x86)' SESSIONNAME = 'RDP-Tcp#2' COMPUTERNAME = 'C2D' _ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck' POSIXLY_CORRECT = '1' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = '/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = 'C:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options c: hd NTFS 81917Mb 32% CP CS UN PA FC d: hd FAT32 19993Mb 1% CP UN FAT32-DEF e: hd NTFS 20002Mb 1% CP CS UN PA FC NTFS-DEF C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Not Found: crontab Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\patch.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe Not Found: vi Not Found: vim 87k 2006/02/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygatk-1.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygatk-1.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/2/6 22:13 61k 2006/11/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/11 0:42 7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 9:57 1125k 2006/10/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/4 14:12 1059k 2007/03/29 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/3/29 12:13 895k 2004/04/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb-4.2.dll" v0.0 ts=2004/4/27 17:31 965k 2005/05/14 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb-4.3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/5/14 14:37 1156k 2004/04/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb_cxx-4.2.dll" v0.0 ts=2004/4/27 17:35 1240k 2005/05/14 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb_cxx-4.3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/5/14 14:41 118k 2007/04/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygexpat-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/4/6 22:43 40k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 8:06 45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:28 35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 48k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:25 28k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/7/20 9:58 19k 2006/11/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/19 9:18 19k 2003/03/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/20 4:05 15k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm_compat-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/7/20 10:00 8k 2006/11/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm_compat-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/19 9:18 515k 2006/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygglib-2.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygglib-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/6 0:32 10k 2006/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggmodule-2.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggmodule-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/6 0:36 222k 2006/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggobject-2.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggobject-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/6 0:35 14k 2006/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggthread-2.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggthread-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/6 0:36 17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 5:34 29k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/11 1:16 25k 2007/08/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 0:01 271k 2007/08/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygicons-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygicons-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 9:24 976k 2006/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/23 1:44 22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 10:28 37k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/10 23:50 31k 2005/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/11/20 3:04 31k 2006/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/23 2:12 21k 2001/06/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/20 19:09 12k 2003/02/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygioperm-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygioperm-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/2/17 20:58 83k 2007/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmagic-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmagic-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/6/6 12:41 21k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 8:05 26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:27 20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 29k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:25 20k 2006/12/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygminires.dll - os=4.0 img=1.1 sys=4.0 "cygminires.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/12/21 6:07 67k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 8:13 156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:29 175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 237k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 8:02 226k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:17 202k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 224k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:24 12k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 8:04 15k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:27 12k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 19k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:24 133k 2007/06/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/6/27 5:49 303k 2007/06/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcrecpp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcrecpp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/6/27 5:50 7k 2007/06/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/6/27 5:50 1224k 2007/07/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygperl5_8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygperl5_8.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/7/8 21:14 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 7:45 108k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 5:34 148k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/11 1:16 154k 2007/08/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline6.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 0:01 231k 2006/10/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.7.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/4 14:12 217k 2007/03/29 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/3/29 12:13 1069k 2007/05/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxml2-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/5/22 8:49 65k 2006/10/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/16 3:10 1830k 2007/01/31 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/1/31 10:58 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.5.24 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 156 Shared data: 4 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Wed Jan 31 10:57:51 CET 2007 CVS tag: cr-0x5f1 Shared id: cygwin1S4 No Cygwin services found. Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop Last downloaded files from: http://mirror.calvin.edu/cygwin Package Version _update-info-dir 00543-1 alternatives 1.3.29a-1 ash 20040127-3 atk 1.10.3-1 atk-runtime 1.10.3-1 base-files 3.7-1 base-passwd 2.2-1 bash 3.2.25-16 bc 1.06-2 bzip2 1.0.3-2 clear 1.0-2 coreutils 6.9-5 crypt 1.1-1 cygrunsrv 1.17-1 cygutils 1.3.2-1 cygwin 1.5.24-2 cygwin-doc 1.4-4 diffutils 2.8.7-1 e2fsprogs 1.35-3 editrights 1.01-1 expat 1.95.8-2 file 4.21-1 findutils 4.3.8-1 gawk 3.1.5-4 gdbm 1.8.3-8 glib2 2.10.3-1 glib2-runtime 2.10.3-1 grep 2.5.1a-4 groff 1.18.1-2 gzip 1.3.12-2 ioperm 0.4-1 joe 3.5-1 less 382-1 libbz2_1 1.0.3-2 libdb4.2 4.2.52-1 libdb4.3 4.3.28-1 libexpat0 1.95.8-2 libgdbm 1.8.0-5 libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-8 libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 libgdbm4 1.8.3-8 libiconv2 1.11-1 libintl 0.10.38-3 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libintl2 0.12.1-3 libintl3 0.14.5-1 libintl8 0.15-1 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libncurses7 5.3-4 libncurses8 5.5-3 libpcre0 7.2-1 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.3-5 libreadline6 5.2.7-9 libxml2 2.6.28-2 libxml2-python 2.6.26-1 login 1.9-7 man 1.6e-1 minires 1.01-1 mktemp 1.5-4 ncurses 5.5-3 openssh 4.6p1-1 openssl 0.9.8e-3 openssl097 0.9.7l-1 patch 2.5.8-9 perl 5.8.8-4 pkg-config 0.21-1 pkgconfig 0.17.2-3 procps 3.2.7-1 psmisc 21.5-3 pylibxml2 2.6.28-2 python 2.5.1-2 rebase 2.4.3-1 rsync 2.6.9-2 run 1.1.10-1 sed 4.1.5-2 shutdown 1.7-1 tar 1.18-2 tcltk 20060202-1 termcap 20050421-1 terminfo 5.5_20061104-1 texinfo 4.8a-1 time 1.7-1 unzip 5.52-2 util-linux 2.12r-2 wget 1.10.2-2 which 1.7-1 zip 2.32-2 zlib 1.2.3-2 Use -h to see help about each section --------------080206090402030202000008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ --------------080206090402030202000008--