> I started a du on my 250 gig backuppc partition when I read the first > message in this thread. It hasn't finished yet. It doesn't have a > single very large directory - just very many filenames. I thought this > thread was about du taking a long time to complete, not just one kind of > layout that exhibits the problem. Ok That is interesting and since its not a single very large directory ought not to be happening Your backuppc partition is on what kind of media and file system ? Alan
