Odd delays when cwd is on a network mount
Cameron Simpson
cs at cskk.id.au
Mon Oct 14 17:52:06 EDT 2019
On 14Oct2019 10:06, Tobiah <toby at tobiah.org> wrote:
>On 10/11/19 6:04 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
>>Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>>Python's default sys.path includes the current working directory.
>>
>>Only in an interactive session, where it usually makes sense.
>
>I was only using the REPL for demonstration. The same delay
>happens when I import a module in a script. The module file
>is on the local drive. I only have to have a CWD on the mounted
>drive to experience the 25 second delay. As I said, the mount
>is over a 5mb connection - it's not wildly quick but it's quite
>usable normally.
If it is that slow, try (assumes linux):
strace python your_script
It is possible you will get to see where the script stalls. May make
things more obvious. It the least it will show you where the script is
looking for things.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>
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