Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:25:34 -0800 | From | Sang Kang <> | Subject | rm a_large_file takes too long under linux-2.2.1 (also unSTOPable) |
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Hello,
I made a large file "dd if=/dev/zero of=blah count=1000000" immediately followed by "rm blah". It took me about 20 second, and I couldn't even send STOP signal to the process (^Z). Is this a new feature or a side effect of a bugfix?
Any useful comments are welcome.
Sincerely,
Sang Kang
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