Thunar chokes on directories with large files

Erik Harrison erikharrison at gmail.com
Sat Nov 10 18:11:28 CET 2007


On Nov 9, 2007 4:03 PM, Todd and Margo Chester <ToddAndMargo at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>      I have a directory with a bunch (see list below)
> of large files in it.  Thunar 0.8.0 chokes when I
> try to use it on this directory.  It takes huge
> amounts of time, up to a half of an hour, to
> load the page.  Would the Thunar please add
> a fix for this to their next releases' wish list.
>

You probably want to file a bug, if you wish to ensure it doesn't get
lost inthe shuffle.

> Many thanks,
> -T
>
> p.s. I can manipulate this directory from the command
> line without problem.
>
>
> # ls -ag
> total 51453924
> drwsrwxrwx  6 root         4096 Oct 31 12:23 .
> drwxr-xr-x 26 root         4096 Nov  9 09:33 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 root          512 Jan 14  2007 2007-01-14_backup-sdb.mbr
> -rw-r--r--  1 root          512 Jan 19  2007 2007-01-19_backup-sdb.mbr
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    645762416 Sep  3 20:15 2007-09-03_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   1028809498 Sep  9 21:08 2007-09-09_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   1030171805 Sep 14 18:56 2007-09-14_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   1026014008 Sep 17 21:13 2007-09-17_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    993974068 Sep 21 20:17 2007-09-21_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    649122695 Sep 30 22:47 2007-09-30_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    682638893 Oct  5 22:10 2007-10-05_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    685774162 Oct  8 22:21 2007-10-08_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    696221311 Oct 15 12:40 2007-10-15_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root    719245568 Oct 24 21:12 2007-10-24_OurStuffDump.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  44472582589 Oct 31 16:14 2007-10-31_linuxDump.gz
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 users      669232 Jan 22  2007 dump
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root         1432 Dec 31  2006 Grub.Recovery.txt
> drwx------  2 root        16384 May 15  2005 lost+found
> drwxrwsrwx 27 root         4096 Nov  8 11:10 QuickOurStuffBackup
> -rw-r--r--  1 root       842943 Sep 17 17:09 rent-a-nerd104.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root       843576 Sep 21 19:11 rent-a-nerd105.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root       851116 Oct  8 21:33 rent-a-nerd109.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root       851224 Oct  8 22:16 rent-a-nerd110.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 root       851089 Oct 15 12:29 rent-a-nerd111.tar.gz
> -rwxr--r--  1 users      554342 Mar 30  2007 rent-a-nerd2-13.tar.gz
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 users      554608 Sep 19 21:33 rent-a-nerd2-14.tar.gz
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 users      829424 Jan 22  2007 restore
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root         4096 Dec 31  2006 tmp
> drwx------  4 users        4096 Jun 28 21:58 .Trash-500
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