FIND too slow with large number of files

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by deriklogov, Oct 22, 2009.

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    Hey,

    I am running FIND to find some directories , but its working very slow because of the millions of small files.
    How to run FIND telling it to find only directories and bypass files ?
    like FIND -type d still very slow
     
    deriklogov, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  2. RectangleMan

    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    Try "locate" command.
     
    RectangleMan, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  3. deriklogov

    deriklogov Well-Known Member

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    thanks for reply

    the thing is I am using find ...... -exec cp
    does locate can do that ?
     
    deriklogov, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  4. rootbinbash

    rootbinbash Peon

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    locate will work for sure.
     
    rootbinbash, Oct 28, 2009 IP