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>Mark writes:
>> Thanks for acknowledging the existance of this
phenomena.  I was beginning
>> to think that I was the only one that has ever seen
this.
>
>I saw it frequently when 5.0 was new, with $OLDPASS
being slow to
>appear at times.  (When you close $NEWPASS, it should
be immediately
>renamed $OLDPASS, so that the next process you run can
open it as $OLDPASS.)
>In some cases, it seemed to take several seconds.  This
drastically affected
>a "compile" utility I use, so I had to add code to do:
>
>   1) is $OLDPASS there yet?
>   2) if not, pause (1 second) and go back to (1) (up
to 10 times)
>
>I reported the problem informally to the lab, but can't
remember if I ever
>filed an SR (shame on me!).
>
>--
>Stan Sieler
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Stan,
 
Thanks for your feedback.
 
I think I called HP about this too.  The problem is that
trying to duplicate the problem on a regular basis made
it hard to nail down.
 
So far I haven't heard any speculation about possible
causes for such weirdness.  Any takers?
 
Mark Ranft
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