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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:39:53 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>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

I run the command in an old computer.

> directory, mostly?

Just regular files and directories.

 > are there lots of large subdirectories or files
> with unusual file-name extensions?  

The file name extensions are normal. But why subdirecries matter here?
I don't have option "-R"

 >
Can you post what "ls -F" produces
> for that directory?


It just displays thousands of files under that directory.

I just noticed if using "dir", the displayed director or files will show 
the first page and pause for a second, then display the seoncd page. 
This way, it displayes thousands of files.
For ls -F, you will need to wait very long, 20 seconds or 30 seconds, 
and then it suddently display everything.

> 
>>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.

a little faster. Thanks.