From: rsc AT vingmed DOT no (Robert Schmidt)
Subject: ls is too slow
7 Aug 1997 10:11:31 -0700
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ls is too slow, especially when doing a recursive (-R) list, because
each and every file is opened to see if it is a symbolic link.  Is it
possible to disable this behaviour?  I don't use symlinks yet, anyway.

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