X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Lewis Hyatt Subject: Re: Slow directory listing Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:40:55 -0400 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <018c01c7bf4a$a9390540$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) In-Reply-To: <018c01c7bf4a$a9390540$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam > Could be something else interfering. Known culprits include: > > > Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component > Norton/MacAffee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware > Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service > Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall > Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVirus/Firewall > LanDesk > Windows Defender > Embassy Trust Suite fingerprint reader software wxvault.dll For what it's worth, there is one directory on my system where the same issue occurs. The first ls takes forever, then subsequent ones go immediately. It doesn't matter whether "-l" is passed or just a bare "/bin/ls". It's a similar situation to the OP's problem, it is a directory which contains only a few (~20) subdirectories, but each of those contains 10^3-10^4 files. I don't have any of these known culprits installed, I have as few background processes as possible running. I always figured it wasn't cygwin's fault, just some quirk with the windows file system... -Lewis -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/