Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 02:08:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Soren Dossing <sauber@netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm is slow Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970521020617.7239C-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970521005728.26430C-100000@netcom22>
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> rm deletes files very slowly on my system, much slower than the files can > be created. It takes more than an hour to delete one GB of files. > > Why is that, and is there anything I can do to speed it up ? I use a P200 > system with a A2940UW controller. The freebsd version is 2.2.2 - are there > any kernel configurations that I should set, to speed file deletion up. > > Or do any utilities exist, that can delete files faster ? Try mount -o async /dev/filesystem if you really want to speed things up, but in a crash it CAN screw up your filesystem much better than default.
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