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@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ and then choose /usr/bin/netkit-ftp.
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558*** Dired is very slow. 558*** Dired is very slow.
559 559
560This could happen if invocation of the 'df' program takes a long 560This could happen if getting a file system's status takes a long
561time. Possible reasons for this include: 561time. Possible reasons for this include:
562 562
563 - ClearCase mounted filesystems (VOBs) that sometimes make 'df' 563 - ClearCase mounted filesystems (VOBs) that sometimes make 'df'
@@ -565,12 +565,8 @@ time. Possible reasons for this include:
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566 - slow automounters on some old versions of Unix; 566 - slow automounters on some old versions of Unix;
567 567
568 - slow operation of some versions of 'df'. 568To work around the problem, you could use Git or some other
569 569free-software program, instead of ClearCase.
570To work around the problem, you could either (a) set the variable
571'directory-free-space-program' to nil, and thus prevent Emacs from
572invoking 'df'; (b) use 'df' from the GNU Coreutils package; or
573(c) use CVS, which is Free Software, instead of ClearCase.
574 570
575*** ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps. 571*** ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps.
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