Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:20:50 -0600 From: "Mark Evans" <mbe2@bayou.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish. Message-ID: <003101c831da$a405bc50$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> References: <005901c8313f$f7048b70$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <474CA49D.50306@FreeBSD.org> <002001c831d5$80ad8670$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <a969fbd10711280752v7d38070x5f34d9d652ec4f7f@mail.gmail.com>
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ls | wc=20
returns " 8836 8836 71583"
Thanks
Mark
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Jeff Mohler=20
To: Mark Evans=20
Cc: questions@freebsd.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish.
HOW large is the directory?
ls | wc -l =20
On Nov 28, 2007 7:44 AM, Mark Evans <mbe2@bayou.com> wrote:
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=20
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" <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: "Mark Evans" < mbe2@bayou.com>
Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish.=20
> 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=20
>> 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?=20
>
> Kris
>
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