Re: proc delays

Malcolm Beattie (malcolm.beattie@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk)
9 Jul 1996 09:28:13 GMT


In article <199607081726.MAA00572@vpsd5.vrml.k12.la.us>,
System Development <devel@vrml.k12.la.us> wrote:
>I have noticed that several of the network status tools will hang in mid
>report. For instance, route will often pause during its table printout.
>ipfwadm -M -l or ipfwadm -F -l will do the same. The pauses are either
>temporary or indefinite. They occur at random times in the printout.
>There are no error messages from the console or syslog. Whats going on???

By default, most network tools map IP numbers to names for you and
that takes time. Use "-n" to suppress this behaviour.

--Malcolm

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Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>
Oxford University Computing Services
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