Subject: Re: MAKEDEV is not portable
To: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/06/1999 15:50:07
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:13:49 +0100 (MET)
Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl> wrote:
> I did just that last weekend but was appalled to find that the result
> ran 5x slower again (though still 2x faster than the wholy expr based
> script). Anyone with more shell script skills care to look for
> something more efficient?
Erg... the backticks cause subshells to be spawned... I can see how that
might be a bit slower....
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