Php and Cygwin SVN

Hello list, I'm developing an application that fetches some files from a local svn repository, and shows them on request (using svn cat, svn list and such). Originally, it was deployed in Linux (Apache, PHP5.0) and worked perfectly well. I tried to port it to Windows (specifically, WinXP Pro SP2, PHP5, IIS5), and because it depends on many command line utilities, i decided to install cygwin. After struggling a bit, i got it working. The thing is that, when executing any cygwin svn command (via shell_exec), many command windows pops up appears on the windows desktop, making the sistem quite slow during the process. I realized that, this happens because of shell_exec opening a new shell on every command call, i tried the other exec functions, but the same happened. I wonder if it is posible to launch those commands in a silent manner. Thanks, Mariano.- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 30/08/2006