Aucbvax.3265 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Sep 22 17:51:06 1981 ls >From oku@UTEXAS-11 Tue Sep 22 17:07:14 1981 Ls is very slow as it comes from Bell for large systems. One of the first things that we did at OU, was to #ifdef in an interface to the getpw* and getgr* routines. This sped things up considerably as the passwd file at OU has just under 2600 lines in it. The get* routines that we use, utilize various forms of hashing to help things along. Peter Staubach ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.