Re: Re: time seg fault

[rjustinwilliams]

time echo "bah"
time ls
time who

Running the commands without the time, they return results as close to  
instantly as I can think of, but, try to time them, in bash, and they all  
hang.
Time the same commands in tcsh, they come back near-instantly, with time  
readouts.

At first, I thought there was something with the version of bash, since a  
couple of other machines with differing versions do not exhibit this  
behavior, but, installing corresponding versions on this machine that is  
acting strangely made no difference. Have bounced through multiple versions  
with the same results - a hung command every time I try to time in bash.

On Jul 23, 2009 6:43am, pk <pk@pk.invalid> wrote:
> rjustinwilliams@gmail.com wrote:



> > Hi all

> >

> > I have, on a 64-bit system an issue with time hanging. I've installed

> > multiple versions, one at a time, and gotten the same results on each

> > version.

> >

> > If I use tcsh, instead of bash, time works.

> >

> > With bash 3.17, I got a seg fault; with the other versions up through

> > 4.10, it just hangs and I have to go back in and kill it.

> >

> > Any thoughts on where this might be breaking? Are there any files bash's

> > time tries to use that I should check out?



> It's very difficult to tell without at least an idea of what you're trying

> to do. Paste a snippet of the code or commands you are using.