From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 15:48:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51EB16A469 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:48:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbe2@bayou.com) Received: from smtp.bayou.com (smtp.bayou.com [209.209.192.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DDF813C4E5 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:48:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbe2@bayou.com) Received: from bayoucshaffer (firewall.bayou.com [209.209.192.219]) by smtp.bayou.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with SMTP id lASFmZkZ088799 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:48:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mbe2@bayou.com) Message-ID: <002001c831d5$80ad8670$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> From: "Mark Evans" To: References: <005901c8313f$f7048b70$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <474CA49D.50306@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:44:03 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.49 on 209.209.192.40 Cc: Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:48:35 -0000 No we are not using NIS. it is a large directory i am listing. actually it is the /usr/home directory, and is probably the largest on the system. However "ls -l" runs for close to six minutesand spends the 10 seconds scrolling the screen with the results. so i wait ls to start showing the results for about 5 and a half minutes. Even on a older and much slower system i've never seen it talk more than 15 seconds to complete. Thanks Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Kennaway" To: "Mark Evans" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:13 PM Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish. > Mark Evans wrote: >> I'm using FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. When I run "ls -l" it takes forever for >> the it to complete. top shows that the "ls -l" command uses about 98% of >> the CPU doing the time. If I run "ls" I do not experience any problem. >> anyone have any ideas? > > Are you using NIS for user/group lookups? > > Is it a large directory that is taking a long time to sort? > > Kris > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/744 - Release Date: 4/3/2007 > 5:32 AM > >