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> From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:40:06 GMT
> 
> Just based on what I observerd that "ls -F" takes 30 seconds or more to 
> start to display something, while "ls" and "dir" has no such a problem.

That's too long; I never saw such huge delays.  What files are in that
directory, mostly? are there lots of large subdirectories or files
with unusual file-name extensions?  Can you post what "ls -F" produces
for that directory?

> with ls -F, if the object is a file, it displays the file name such as 
> "xxxx", if it is a directory, it will display "xxxx/", if I have 20 
> files in a directory, it will easily for me to find what I want either a 
> file or a directory.

Does "ls --color=auto" display faster?  If so, you could use that to
get the same information from the color of the file names.