29 Apr
2009
29 Apr
'09
4:27 p.m.
On Apr 29, 2009, at 8:35, William L. Maltby wrote:
One thing to keep in mind is that ls must sort the file list. If the system load is high and memory is short, you may be getting into a swap situation. I suggest trying the test when the system is lightly loaded to see if the results differ. This might be especially significant if you have a large number of concurrent users doing lots of things.
If sorting is the issue, what happens if you do an "ls -1U" (one file per line and unsorted)? Is that a lot faster?
Alfred