On Tuesday 14 April 2015 02:58:20 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:41:03 +0200 > > Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > > On 2015-04-13 14:45:25 +0200, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > 2015-04-13 14:39 GMT+02:00 Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net>: > > > > The problem is that this operation is (always?) very slow: > > > > something like 100 seconds (1 minute and 40 seconds). It has > > > > been reproducible for several months. The logs show nothing > > > > during this operation. > > > > > > > > Any idea? > > > > > > Maybe the directory is very large (even though its empty). Try > > > > > > ls -ld tmp. > > > > > > and see if the file "tmp" is large. > > > > Thanks! I didn't know that (I thought that the file system would > > automatically "optimize" directories when files are removed, so > > I've never looked closely at their size). Indeed: > > > > ypig:~/eftests> ls -ld tmp > > drwxr-xr-x 2 vlefevre vlefevre 29655040 2015-04-13 15:25:55 tmp/ > > Can someone please enlighten me as to why the entry for this directory > is so large, even though it is empty? Since it's apparently obvious to > everyone else, I would very much like to know :) > > Petter
I'll second that request myself Petter. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201504140654.38193.ghesk...@wdtv.com