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Re: grep slows to a crawl
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: grep slows to a crawl |
Date: |
Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:37:37 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:03:03 -0700
>
> The grep hits are added to the *grep* buffer quickly at first, and then
> progressively slower. With a buffer of, say, 3800 hits, the display is fast
> enough for the first 2/3, then gets slower and slower, until the last few
> lines are displayed with maybe 0.5 sec interval between them.
>
> Can you post some timing information for sample
> commands?
>
> I don't know how to do that.
You just did (above).
> Alternatively, please try using the native build of Grep (from
> GnuWin32 site), and see if this problem goes away. Then we will know
> for sure it has something to do with Cygwin.
>
> I don't know how to do that.
You mean, you don't know how to download a zip file and unzip it? I'd
be surprised if you meant that.