On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:39:20PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Eric Hanchrow wrote: >>[snip] >>(But I don't regret reinstalling -- for some reason it's much faster >>now, even though I'm using the same versions of all the DLLs) > >FWIW, ne simple explanation of the above is that file fragmentation was >most likely greatly reduced with a complete reinstall as opposed to >periodic updates. This should probably be added to the "Why is Cygwin >suddently so slow" entry in the FAQ...
It won't be added without some actual testing of this theory. I don't see why Cygwin should be more greatly affected by fragmentation than any other program. Running a defrag occasionally on Windows is a good idea in general, though. But, that's not a cygwin issue. cgf -- 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/
