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From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: slow ps
Message-ID: <11749@well.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 89 21:48:07 GMT
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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Since we switched from a Vax to a Balance 8, the ps command has been
unacceptably slow.  As in many minutes for a simple ps -x.  Everything
else runs nice and fast, so what's the deal?  Has anyone else come
across this problem?
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Jef

            Jef Poskanzer   jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov   ...well!pokey
         "I am a man of high calibre; that is to say, a large bore."