Re: shell-command-on-region takes 60 secs and huge memory for simple process

|--==> "DMK" == David M Karr <dmkarr(a)earthlink.net&gt; writes: APA> Perhaps you can find the specific paths involved via APA> M-x show-message-log DMK> Here is the piece from the message log from executing "List & Install": DMK> ------------------ DMK> Verifying... DMK> Got 82 package-get database entries DMK> Updated package-get database DMK> Entering debugger... DMK> ------------------ I don't see anything wrong here. DMK> There seems to be something funky going on there. DMK> -------------------------- DMK> open ftp.xemacs.org ftp> Connected to xemacs.org. DMK> 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (Xemacs FTP Archives) [207.96.122.9] DMK> quote user "anonymous" ftp> ftp> 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. ftp> ftp> quote pass Turtle Power! DMK> 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. ftp> ftp> hash DMK> Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> ftp> quote pwd DMK> 257 "/" is current directory. ftp> ftp> quote syst DMK> 215 UNIX Type: L8 ftp> ftp> quote cwd /pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp/ DMK> 550 /pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp/: Not a directory ftp> ftp> quote site idle DMK> 500 'SITE IDLE' not understood. ftp> quote cwd /pub/xemacs/packages/ ftp> 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ftp> ls "-al" /tmp/dmkarr/efsbjAs_g DMK> 200 PORT command successful. DMK> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. DMK> 226 Transfer complete. ftp> ftp> DMK> -------------------------- Everything looks normal here too. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|