[lug] ls -l /var/tmp = drwxrwxrwt 16 root root 1478656 Mar 19 10:38 tmp

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:23:05PM -0700, Bob Collins wrote:
>am in the process of doing a ls -l /tmp to see what is
>inside.  It has been running for about 10 minuets and is
>still not finished.

Usually, that's an indication that there are a bunch of files in that
directory.  First of all, using "-l" makes the ls take a *LOT* longer.
I'd recommend trying "find /tmp | less" to take a look at what's in
there.  It should be fairly obvious what files are the problems.

Sean
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