alt Hacker NewsPart of Windows Explorer actually does tons of tiny 4 byte ReadFile calls in to its tracking database like file when you delete a file. If you deleting lots of files this quickly adds up.
Part of Windows Explorer actually does tons of tiny 4 byte ReadFile calls in to its tracking database like file when you delete a file. If you deleting lots of files this quickly adds up.
Is this why Windows takes so long to delete things?? Presumably those reads aren't done when using del from a console as that always seems a bit faster.