Subject: Re: Getting file info. in a directory "quickly"
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/16/2002 20:26:02 
> What prompted me to ask?  Reading someone saying write "Konquerer took
> forever to display a large directory on Linux" and then say "Explorer

try this with ls - use same system call and works fast.