Re: dired too SLOW

[Jan D.]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     I had this problem and commented-out the invocation of "df",
>     from:
>
>         insert-directory.el
>
>     My dired's are now back to normal speed.
>
> It is very strange that df should be so slow.
> Normally it is very fast.  What is causing it to be slow?

I have seen df:s being very slow when a lot of network mounts where 
being used, especially with clearcase ( > 30 mounts).

I suspect some df sync:s by default and for some reason this might be slow.

        Jan D.