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Dennis Handly
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‎10-15-2007 03:30 PM

‎10-15-2007 03:30 PM

Re: ls -l hangs

>Philip: If "ls /" is working then I'd guess the delay is caused by a lookup of user/group details when doing ls -l.

That could be it. Though ls / won't do a stat on each file. Using "ll -n /" shouldn't look up the UID/GID but still does the stat.
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YMJ
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‎10-20-2007 08:09 PM

‎10-20-2007 08:09 PM

Re: ls -l hangs

if you have too many files. it will hangs
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