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#1 2016-08-18 17:53:22

enyaw_ecurb
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Registered: 2010-02-12
Posts: 28

Slow file listing with sftp (in pcmanfm/thunar)

With remote sftp filesystems opening a new folder takes a long time. For example opening the folder /etc/ (with ~170 elements) takes around 5s. The time scales directly with the number of elements in a directory. I tried this in pcmanfm and thunar (which both use gvfs as a backend?).

Is this an inherent limitation of sftp or gvfs-sftp or a misconfiguration of my server? Does anyone make similar experiences or is this a bug on my side?

The bulk file transfer speed over sftp is not really fast (~1.5Mb/s) but not slow enough to explain the long time it takes for a directory listing.

Any help appreciated!

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