Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Nicole Harrington." <nicole@unixgirl.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: How many files can I put in one diretory? Message-ID: <XFMail.000622203636.nicole@unixgirl.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000622171146.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On 22-Jun-00 Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 22-Jun-00 Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> that sounds insane! Because a name is a name, why dont they call >> those files xx/yy/zz/tt.html and the like, to get down to a more >> reasonable # of files per directory. >> >> Or use a single file and a cgi which extracts things from the right place. >> In such a context, i assume that the best place to do the name lookup >> is in the app, not in the kernel. > > Yeah.. This is why databases where invented :) > Hey I agree... However even if the html was databased.. (working on that now) the custom graphics cannot be. (yet) > FYI 40000 in a directory really makes directory listings slow.. 2 million > would suck :) > Well.. Yea. But assuming you are using Apache and requesting the page and graphics via a fully formed URL it should be pretty high.. I would assume. Nicole > --- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message nicole@unixgirl.com |\ __ /| (`\ http://www.unixgirl.com/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | o_o |__ ) ) http://www.dangermouse.org/ // \\ ---------------------------(((---(((----------------------------------------- -- Powered by Coka-Cola and FreeBSD -- -- Strong enough for a man - But made for a Woman -- -- OWNED? MS: Who's Been In/Virused Your Computer Today? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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