ls -l takes a forever to finish.

[Mark Evans]

ls | wc 

returns "   8836    8836   71583"

Thanks
Mark
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Mohler 
  To: Mark Evans 
  Cc: questions at freebsd.org 
  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     




  On Nov 28, 2007 7:44 AM, Mark Evans <mbe2 at 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 
    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 at FreeBSD.org>
    To: "Mark Evans" < mbe2 at bayou.com>

    Cc: <questions at FreeBSD.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:13 PM
    Subject: Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish. 



    > 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 
    >> 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? 
    >
    > Kris
    >
    >
    >

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