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Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish.
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>
> 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

I really hope you meant: rm -rf /usr/oldhome

Also, mv just moves pointers around, wouldn't a cp -Rp be needed instead?