| $ whoami | | I get a result immediately. | | However, if I do this: | | $ echo `whoami` | | It takes a good 5-10 seconds to print a value and return the prompt.
Isn't it something like echo `whoami` starts a new shell, that loads the .profile (or whichever start-file) that takes 5-10 seconds to load? And well.. if it is that whoami that due to some weird reason takes the extra time.. but.. :-) Hmm are there anything networked in the path, it picks data/files from somewhere else? /Andy -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! -- 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/