wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (02/28/88)
In article <2330@cognos.UUCP> brianc@cognos.UUCP (Brian Campbell) writes: >In article <811@athos.rutgers.edu> hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) >writes: >> The other odd thing is that I >> had a performance problem with their "ls". I like ls to produce >> columnated output, as it does under BSD. They supply a -C option, so I >> figured I'd just alias ls to ls -C. That works, but is very slow. > >I noticed this too, although I never took the time to figure out why. I >have also resorted to using "ls -x" (although, I would much prefer the >sorted-down format). Thanks for the explanation. It's slow because "ls -C" uses "c.exe" to columnize its output. I use the MKS Toolkit with the Beckemeyer Development Tools "Micro C-Shell", which has "ls", and the "-C" option, built-in, and is thus much faster. I wish though that the MKS "ls" had the "-C" option built-in rather than using an external program, since I prefer it to the Micro C-Shell "ls" for other reasons -- but until they fix it, speed is the deciding factor. -- Wolf N. Paul Phone: (214) 306-9101 (h) (214) 404-8077 (w) 3387 Sam Rayburn Run UUCP: ihnp4!killer!{dcs, doulos}!wnp Carrollton, TX 75007 INTERNET: wnp@dcs.UUCP ESL: 62832882 Pat Robertson does NOT speak for all evangelical Christians--not for me, anyway!
wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) (02/29/88)
In article <35@dcs.UUCP>, wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes: > It's slow because "ls -C" uses "c.exe" to columnize its output. I wish > though that the MKS "ls" had the "-C" option built-in rather than using > an external program. Your wish is our command. :-) We have had enough comments about this that the next version of ls will have the columnizer built in, instead of calling c.exe. We're still testing it, though, so please don't call for it now. -- Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251 Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels 35 King St. North BIX: join mks Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 CompuServe: 73260,1043