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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:41:52 +0200
From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: Ron Peterson <rpeterso@mtholyoke.edu>
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Subject: Re: slow directory listing
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:37:20AM -0400, Ron Peterson wrote:
[snip]
> The times taken to do a directory listing are significantly different.
> 
> 1037# time ls /test/a2 > /dev/null

[snip]

Do you get the same results if you use ls with the -U (unsorted) flag?


Regards: David Weinehall
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