Why is copying and/or deleting so slow on IRIX

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From: Reiner Huober
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:41

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We use a 4D35 with biosym software on it. This software has a
help directory with over 3900 file, one or two blocks in size each.
If you copy or remove such a directory, then it takes several hours.

Is this specific to IRIX or have other systems the same behaviour
if there are many files in one directory.

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