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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:06:41 -0600
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: increasing speed of scripts
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All other things being equal, what could be done to increase the
execution speed of a complex series of shell scripts?  For example:

o  source an included script with `. foo' than let foo run in its
   own subshell (#!/bin/sh)?

o  convert small include scripts to functions within the main script?

o  integrate the scripts into as few files as possible?

TIA/jtw