From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jun 10 17:10:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA14854 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA14843; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706110010.RAA14843@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: kern/3836: Cannot remove HUGE directory Reply-To: "Gary Palmer" Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/3836; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Gary Palmer" To: muir@ping.idiom.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/3836: Cannot remove HUGE directory Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 20:04:23 -0400 David Muir Sharnoff wrote in message ID <199706101915.MAA09307@ping.idiom.com>: > Using a simple perl program (doesn't bloat) I'm able to remove > one file every two seconds or so. At this rate, it will take > over four days to remove the directory! Tried mounting the parition async? It will help (if you are on a 2.2 or later kernel) Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info