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

David> This is odd, because the "Update Package Index" operation David> completed, apparently successfully. It brought up a "File David> Save" dialog, pointing to the "etc" directory, and I OKed David> that. I also just tried doing a manual ftp of that file, David> and it also worked fine. APA> Hmmh, would you have the details still? APA> Perhaps you can find the specific paths involved via APA> M-x show-message-log Here is the piece from the message log from executing "List & Install": ------------------ Verifying... Got 82 package-get database entries Updated package-get database Entering debugger... ------------------ APA> Here is my transaction: APA> Generating summary...done APA> Love Big Brother APA> Opening FTP connection to ftp.xemacs.org... APA> Logging in as user anonymous... APA> Logging in as user anonymous...done APA> Getting pwd... APA> Getting pwd...done APA> CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... APA> CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done APA> Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... APA> Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done APA> <lines deleted by Adrian> APA> Got 90 package-get database entries APA> Updated package-get database APA> Wrote c:\Users\AichnerAd\.xemacs\package-index.LATEST.pgp I assume I could get similar information from the "*ftp anonymous(a)ftp.xemacs.org*&quot; buffer. The contents of that follow. There seems to be something funky going on there. -------------------------- open ftp.xemacs.org ftp> Connected to xemacs.org. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (Xemacs FTP Archives) [207.96.122.9] quote user "anonymous" ftp> ftp> 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. ftp> ftp> quote pass Turtle Power! 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. ftp> ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> ftp> quote pwd 257 "/" is current directory. ftp> ftp> quote syst 215 UNIX Type: L8 ftp> ftp> quote cwd /pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp/ 550 /pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp/: Not a directory ftp> ftp> quote site idle 500 'SITE IDLE' not understood. ftp> quote cwd /pub/xemacs/packages/ ftp> 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ftp> ls "-al" /tmp/dmkarr/efsbjAs_g 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. 226 Transfer complete. ftp> ftp> -------------------------- David> My menu path is "Tools -> Packages -> (the same)". I David> assume this is because of an XEmacs version difference David> (21.4.3 here). APA> Yes, I keep forgetting the menu changed. APA> Also, saving under ~\.xemacs\package-index.LATEST.pgp may be new. What do you mean by this? When I do it, it prompts me to save in the "etc" subdirectory of the XEmacs installation. Do you mean I should try saving it in $HOME/.xemacs instead? APA> You could also try a site other than xemacs.org. APA> Try one of the mirrors in the country of your ISP. I tried uiuc, and I can't even complete "Update Package Index". That fails with: Signaling: (ftp-error "FTP Error: CWD 550 /pub/packages/xemacs/packages/: No such file or directory. failed: ") signal(ftp-error ("FTP Error: CWD 550 /pub/packages/xemacs/packages/: No such file or directory. failed: ")) APA> Hope this helps, APA> Adrian I'm sure it will, eventually :) . -- =================================================================== David M. Karr ; Best Consulting dmkarr(a)earthlink.net ; Java/Unix/XML/C++/X ; BrainBench CJ12P (#12004)