Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!stc!datlog!scm From: scm@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk (Steve Mawer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: ls -l Message-ID: <1989Dec1.093729.20250@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk> Date: 1 Dec 89 09:37:29 GMT References: <21519@adm.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: scm@dlcq15.datlog.co.uk (Steve Mawer) Organization: Data Logic Ltd, Queens House, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1YR Lines: 19 In article <21519@adm.BRL.MIL> SIMSN%NUSDISCS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: > What could be the possible reasons that cause ls -l > to be slow, i.e. one line at a time at 1 sec interval? On AIX (spit!) I've found that this happens when the user and/or group IDs don't exist in the password and/or group files. With lots of entries in the password file it takes a looooooong time to not find a name. You can tell if this is your problem by checking the `ls' output - are there user names or numbers against the files? If numbers, change the owner and/or group as necessary to an existing one. This may (or may not) occur on other systems, I've not noticed it on Ultrix or Xenix, but I could have just been lucky :-). Hope this helps. -- Steve C. Mawer or < {backbone}!ukc!datlog!scm > Voice: +44 1 863 0383 (x2153)