GNU bug report logs - #64735
29.0.92; find invocations are ~15x slower because of ignores

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, 64735 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64735: 29.0.92; find invocations are ~15x slower because of ignores
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:14:41 +0000

Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev> writes:

>> You are likely right.
>> Then, what about applying regexps manually, on the full file list
>> returned by find?
>
> It will almost certainly be slower in cases where several (few) ignore 
> entries help drop whole big directories from traversal.

Right.
Then, what about limiting find to -depth 1, filtering the output, and
re-running find on matching entries?

It gets complicated though, and the extra overheads associated with
invoking a new process may not be worth it.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.