Re: first mkdir takes a long time (on ext3)

Hello Karl, hello everybody, thank you Karl for this script. Am So Mai 22 2011 schrieb Karl Vogel: > >> On 19/05/11 17:01, Hartmut Niemann wrote: > H> It often takes very long time (20s) to mkdir on an ext3 drive > > >Try this version of mkdir earlier in your PATH

Re: first mkdir takes a long time (on ext3)

Am Fr Mai 20 2011 schrieb Karl Vogel: > >> On 19/05/11 17:01, Hartmut Niemann wrote: > > H> It often takes very long time (20s) to mkdir on an ext3 drive > >What does "strace mkdir /some/directory" show? > > $ strace mkdir two execve("/bin/mkdir

Re: first mkdir takes a long time (on ext3)

Am Do Mai 19 2011 schrieb Tom Grace: > On 19/05/11 17:01, Hartmut Niemann wrote: > > I observe that it often takes very long time (20s) to mkdir on an ext3 > > drive, > > especially the first directory. > > What could the reason be? > If this is a data drive, has i

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