Re: ls /afs: It takes a long time

[Joseph_Jackson]

John F Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This has a couple advantages: (1) "ls /afs" is fast and does not
> cause the machine to become aware of remote cells (for every remote cell the
> machine knows about, there is net traffic for callback maintainance),

Don't forget that there *are* presently ways to avoid stating all the
remote cells.  If the "ls" command is not passed the "-F" or "-l"
option, it won't try to stat all the directory entries.  Since I have
an alias for "ls -F", I make it a habit to use "\ls /afs" when I need
to look at the top level of AFS.  (The backslash is a way of stepping
around the alias in the c-shell.)

It's not the world's greatest solution, but it does the job and it
doesn't require that I restructure my /afs directory.

Joe Jackson,
AFS Product Support,
Transarc Corp.