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<font size="-1">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.</font><br>
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But if I follow that up with a different find search on the
root, it finishes in a few seconds.<br>
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Does find cache file system information and reuse it under
certain conditions? Or does Linux itself cache some sort of
information from an initial search that a subsequent search
benefits from?<br>
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