Re: IO::Uncompress::Gunzip to scalar takes hours (on windows)

Running Strawberry Perl v5.16.2 on Windows 7 64bit with 4GB RAM, unzipping a 290MB file took less than 15 seconds.

While your system is running the slow gunzip, is your CPU busy? Is your disk (swap file) busy?

Comment on Re: IO::Uncompress::Gunzip to scalar takes hours (on windows)

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Re^2: IO::Uncompress::Gunzip to scalar takes hours (on windows) by cmv (Chaplain) on May 21, 2013 at 20:07 UTC
The CPU is busy, but disk activity and swap is low.	[reply]
Re^3: IO::Uncompress::Gunzip to scalar takes hours (on windows) by ig (Vicar) on May 22, 2013 at 01:18 UTC
I would try upgrading perl and/or relevant modules, then the OS to solve or at least isolate the problem.	[reply]
Re^4: IO::Uncompress::Gunzip to scalar takes hours (on windows) by cmv (Chaplain) on May 22, 2013 at 12:10 UTC
I've upgraded to the latest version of IO::Uncompress::Gunzip available on CPAN and continue to see the problem. I'm using 32-bit activestate perl 5.8.9 along with a variety of modules (some rather old) for a production tool. The plan is to upgrade to a more recent version of perl and required modules, but the time to do that and get things tested has not been forthcoming. However, I expect this will solve the problem.	[reply]