(sys_read): Introduce a small delay before reading from

a pipe or socket to allow more data to be buffered; otherwise,
process output is read one byte at a time on fast machines
(which is slow).

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/w32.c b/src/w32.c
index bf9f858b700..fd1d5e10508 100644
--- a/src/w32.c
+++ b/src/w32.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,8 @@ sys_read (int fd, char * buffer, unsigned int count)
               ResetEvent (cp->char_avail);
 
             case STATUS_READ_ACKNOWLEDGED:
+              /* Give process time to buffer some more output for us */
+              Sleep (50);
               break;
 
             default: