Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 10:28:02 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why "finger" takes so long ? Message-ID: <199509051728.KAA23640@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199509051713.TAA00185@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Sep 5, 95 07:13:50 pm
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> > Finger looks up the user's directory; basically, it looks up the home > > directory as a file name. > > > > So it's looking up a directory entry in a directory 600 entries deep > > for each user currently on the system (for a non-explicit finger). > > if that matters, home directories are spread, about 10-15 per subdir. > But then, this might even make things worse! See my other message; it depends on if you are complaining about a generic "finger" or a "finger <username>". You were only 600 users, the other was ~3 times that many. > > If you are running the standard finger, check the list archives for > > the patch (I didn't save it). > > can you point me to some of those archives ? http://www.freebsd.org ftp://freefall.cdrom.com ftp://ftp.freebsd.org One of those places. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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