Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:01:40 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Gordon Henderson <gordon@drogon.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: deleted huge directory Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971024085905.6601A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19971023184059.53521@lemis.com>
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On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 10:01:46AM +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
[snip]
> > Find will try to sort the directory first before printing it - I belive
> > it's the sort that causes the machine to run out of memory.
>
> Yes, this is a good point.
find(1) doesn't sort the output (if all you're doing is -print), the
order of it's output is effectively the same as 'ls -f'.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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