"hostname" takes 3.5 seconds

[Randall R Schulz]

Niall,

This is not directly relevant, but it might hint at or suggest 
something you could investigate.

I found that when I enabled a new network device (a virtual network 
adaptor provided by VMware) that automatic dialing (usually in response 
to a DNS request) no longer caused the dial to be initiated 
immediately. Instead there's a delay of a few seconds before auto-dial 
is initiated.

So perhaps there's something about the configuration of network 
adaptors or your DNS settings that are causing this delay?

Realize that I don't know anything about how the system call(s) 
underlying the primary function of Cygwin's hostname command operate. 
However, if the call were unconditionally extracting local host name 
information there'd be no opportunity for a delay, right?

That brings up another thing. Are you invoking Cygwin hostname or 
Windows hostname? On Win2K, at least, both exist. On my system, both 
respond essentially immediately (I tested only with a dial-in 
connection active).

Randall Schulz


At 08:37 2003-03-03, Niall.Smart@friendsfirst.ie wrote:
>Anyone know why calling hostname takes 3.5 seconds?


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