Yep. That's the occasional detriment of strace. It hides the problem you're looking to track. I wouldn't dismiss it's potential as a solution for your problem so quickly though. strace with a much larger disk and a top-of-the- line processor is a clear win! ;-)
Sorry it wasn't more help to you. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX At 12:56 PM 4/17/2002, Mark Paulus wrote: >Great! > >I set up a strace on the 'doit script', and the very act of >running strace seems to make everything behave as >expected. But, I can't run this thing all the time, as >strace generates a small quantity of output. >Oh well, I'll keep monitoring it for a while and see what >comes out..... > > > > >On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:17:11 -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > > >At 12:03 PM 4/16/2002, Mark Paulus wrote: > >>I have this wierd behaviour, and it is causing some stats that I > >>run to whack out..... > >> > >>Every now and again (every 15-30 minutes or so), my cygwin apps > >>pause for 1-2 MINUTES.... I have written a simple script to capture > >>this behaviour: > > > > > >If you're interested in trying to track down why you see this behavior, you > >might want to try running with strace. With it, you should be able to > >pinpoint any Cygwin internals that are in force when you see this pause. > > > > > >Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
