Thank you for your suggestions.
As I see my problem can be converted to a function request or a wish :-)
If I strace 'ls -1f' I can see some getdents64() calls and write() calls in
turns,
so I think it is possible to list entries in case of no implicite or
explicite sort.
Best regards,
Istvan
2014-06-17 10:34 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Voelker <m...@bernhard-voelker.de>:
> On 06/11/2014 04:45 PM, Istvan Toth wrote:
>
>> is there a way to list files immediately as 'find' finds them?
>>
>> The problem is when searching in large NFS-mounted directories (e.g.
>> millions of files in a poorly designed, flat directory)
>> we must wait for the big number of getdents64 calls to end up before we
>> get
>> the first entry found.
>>
>
> As no-one else jumps in:
>
> I think you can't force to already print something of the current
> getdents64 call ... as this one is blocking, and find will have to
> wait until it finishes.
>
> OTOH, if you want find to flush the output of directories already
> processed before, then you could either use an external tool for
> printing, like this:
>
> $ find . -exec printf "%s\n" '{}' +
>
> or use the tool stdbuf(1) from the coreutils package - if available
> on your platform - to set the output to line buffering:
>
> $ stdbuf -oL find .
>
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>
