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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:57:01 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Mark Evans <mbe2@bayou.com>
Subject:   Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish.
Message-ID:  <20071129185547.K20307@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20071129084244.eaba6f7a.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <005901c8313f$f7048b70$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <474CA49D.50306@FreeBSD.org> <002001c831d5$80ad8670$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <a969fbd10711280752v7d38070x5f34d9d652ec4f7f@mail.gmail.com> <003101c831da$a405bc50$0d00a8c0@bayoucshaffer> <20071129122043.A9040@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20071129084244.eaba6f7a.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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>> unless you have 486/33 or slower system there is something wrong.
>
> Another possible scenario is that the directory is badly fragmented.
> Unless something has changed since I last researched this (which is

it is for sure.

the fix would be

mv /usr/home /usr/oldhome;mkdir /usr/home;mv /usr/oldhome/* /usr/home

and after successfull move - rm -rf /usr/home
> Of course, Wojciech's test won't demonstrate this, as the directory is
> freshly created, even to the point that the filenames are actually in

indeed



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