On Fri Mar 17 2000 at 08:23:23 -0800, Greywolf wrote:

> Can I ask why file(1) takes 8 seconds or more on an SS2 to determine
> what kind of file a _symlink_ is (and whither it points)?
> 
> Shouldn't the magic file read be deferred until it actually hits a
> file?
> 
> ...Should I PR this?  That a simple file utility should take 8 seconds
> to start just floors me.
> 
> ...p'raps I should rebuild it and see what happens.  Do we need to
> do something to convert magic into magic.db?

Your ss2 is lagged or something:

vi:12:~> /usr/bin/time file /home
/home: symbolic link to /usr/home
        0.64 real         0.48 user         0.09 sys

^ SS2 running currentish.

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Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>