RE: Performance issues

[Blackstone, J. David]

> > a simple ls -1 is very slow in a directory with a large number of 
> > files:
> 
> GNU 'ls' had some performance improvements in this area 
> recently, so perhaps all you need is an upgrade.
> 
> Which version of GNU ls are you talking about?  (Type "ls 
> --version".) Which version of Solaris?  ("uname -a" should 
> tell you.) What kind of Solaris filesystem?  ("df -k .; 
> mount" should tell you.) Which locale?  (The "locale" command 
> should tell you.)

  Thank you.  As ls --version reports 5.0, I presume this will be fixed when
I upgrade.  For reference, uname -a reports SunOS 5.8 sun4u sparc.