Re: unlinkd ??

From: Martin Ibert <mib@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 11:40:50 +0200

Oskar Pearson wrote:
> Try "cd /var/spool/mail;ls" some time
> and you will see a pause before the files start to list - assuming
> a big mail server...)

Sorry to be splitting hairs, but when you do that, most of the time is
spent sorting the output for display ... that is not what happens
when you unlink() something. It's more like "cd /var/mail; ls -f | grep
your_name".

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