Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!gmr.COM!JORDAN From: JORDAN@gmr.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Building files from other files Message-ID: <9002121455.aa22106@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 12 Feb 90 17:52:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 We work in a real time environment, and have noticed something strange in a particular "driving" loop. We have two files, exactly the same (visually). Let's call them a.c, and a.copy. a.copy was made from a.c by: cp a.c a.copy Then some extra info was added to a.copy from b.c: cat b.c >> a.copy This added info ruined the performance of the environment so b.c was deleted from a.copy. Therefore, a.copy looks the same as a.c. The Problem? a.copy still has the bad performance as if b.c were still a part of the code. A "diff a.c a.copy" outputs nothing; therefore, no difference. HELP!! TP MUGABI-JORDAN GM - SYSTEMS ENGR CENTER 1151 CROOKS ROAD TROY, MI 48084 (313)280-6766