Cygwin command line takes a long time to start

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 7/22/2010 2:43 PM, John Oliver wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 01:30:37PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 7/22/2010 1:14 PM, John Oliver wrote:
>>> After opening the Cygwin shell, I get the black box and a blinking
>>> underscore for ten or fifteen seconds before the prompt appears.  How
>>> would I go about figuring out what the delay is all about?
>>
>> Are you running bash?  Have you installed the bash-completion package?
>
> Yes, and no.

OK then the easiest thing to do is add "set -x" to your ~/.bash_profile
and watch where the delay happens as the statements scroll by.  This
should help you pinpoint it, assuming it's something Cygwin is doing
and not something Windows (or your environment is doing before bash
and Cygwin even starts).

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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