Nope not a bug... (I wouldn't call it a feature though :)) The primitives for handling files are horribly designed and very slow for a directory with many files. Most probably the FileBrowser will continue working as usual after a longer period of calculating the files... This is going to be improved in the next major version of pharo. cami On 2012-04-18, at 22:04, recursive68@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I've just downloaded the latest Pharo 1.4 image and separate CogVM from the pharo download page. When I use the File Browser and attempt to select/enter a directory containing many files the image freezes up and I can't get it to respond. The interrupt "CMD-." does work and brings up:

UnixStore(DiskStore)

directoryAt: aPath ifAbsent: absentBlock nodesDo: aBlock | encodedPathString index entry pathString | index := 1. pathString := self stringFromPath: aPath. encodedPathString := Primitives encode: pathString. entry := Primitives lookupEntryIn: encodedPathString index: index. entry = #badDirectoryPath ifTrue: [ ^ absentBlock value ]. [ entry isNil ] whileFalse: [ entry at: 1 put: (Primitives decode: entry first). aBlock value: entry. index := index + 1. entry := Primitives lookupEntryIn: encodedPathString index: index ]. ^ self

Presumably it's a bug ? This is on OSX 10.7.3.

Thanks