Carlos E. R. said the following on 04/03/2013 07:50 AM:
By the way, if I try a CLI "grep" on my ~/bin directory, it locks:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND cer 23961 0.1 0.0 11820 3568 pts/2 S+ 13:46 0:00 | \_ grep --color=auto fdisk bin/0_script_constructs bin/0_script_constructs~ bin/200506_attrib.list bin/Antiguos bin/Bck200405_attrib.dat
CPU usage is NIL, iotop doesn't see the grep as working. I just typed:
cer@Telcontar:~> grep fdisk bin/* ...
Got some hits, then it stuck.
I've had that happen in other situations, most notably greping recursively through /etc :-( However if I use 'find' and only grep actual files, that is not some of the strange things that can be symlinked in there, it never hangs. I admit that I've never systematically searched to identity what the 'strange things' were. -- A distracted figure with a huge bushy beard blunders in just as you speak the word of ancient magic. The man wears loose clothing, and an expression of intense concentration. He is clutching his frizzy hair with one hand; his other hand grips an intricate grid - the object of his attention. His eyes brighten the word you've spoken reaches his ears. "Yes! Yes! That's it!" he exclaims as he draws out a pen and fills in a row of squares. "Now my hyperconstrained, double-acrostic, cryptic crossword is complete, and ready to puzzle others. That was all I needed - just a simple five-letter word, composed only of the letters 'X' 'Y' and 'Z,' that would fit here!" He grips your hand and shakes it fervently. "Thank you! Now that I've finished with that, I can get on to those other things I've been meaning to do, such as monkey-wrenching the demolition and saving recreational linguistics for future generations." He turns away and mutters, just before he departs, "I hope none of that will involve lying in front of a bulldozer..." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org