Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 07:49:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ponds!lakes.water.net!rivers, ponds!sdf.com!tom Cc: ponds!FreeBSD.ORG!freebsd-hackers Subject: Re: Why news expiration is sooo slowww with 2.2.x. Message-ID: <199707071149.HAA01494@lakes.water.net>
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> > What options are you using on the "ls"? "-l" causes lots of getpwuid() > > calls. "-f" will avoid sorting. How many files were actually in that > > directory? If the directory is screwed, and you have a million files in > > it, 20-30 minutes is probably normal, and chances are the expiry will > > never remove them either. > > No -l, just 'ls' (to avoid the stat()) - the directory isn't messed > up - an fsck indicates everything is just fine. It's just that there > are a lot of files. > > A > /bin/ls -1 | wc -l > > reveals: > Oops - I left that out (it ran for about 15 minutes before giving me the answer). In my spool/control directory: [ponds.water.net]$ /bin/ls -1 | wc -l 41734 So - I have about that many files... - Dave Rivers -
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