Does the "find" command cache file system info?

2012-09-15 Thread John Hupp
I'm curious about this observation: If I do a find search on the root directory, it ordinarily takes a minute or two -- as one would expect if it were examining everything afresh. But if I follow that up with a different find search on the root, it finishes in a few seconds. Does find cache

Re: Does the "find" command cache file system info?

2012-09-15 Thread John Hupp
Josh Smith from the Ubuntu mail list responded: "Find doesn't cache per se but the file system does." On 9/15/2012 6:28 PM, John Hupp wrote: I'm curious about this observation: If I do a find search on the root directory, it ordinarily takes a minute or two -- as one would expect if it were ex