Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 09:38:03 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: mpd6334@cs.rit.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum Freebsd Directory entries? Message-ID: <F219rOzV5j5P6Q3Ty4J00013c1c@hotmail.com>
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>On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:06:18AM -0700, Dreamtime.net Inc. wrote: > > How many directories could be created in a directory under freebsd 3.2. >If > > there is some limitation, is it possible to work > > around it? > >if there is a set limit, why would you want to raise it? >access becomes RIDICULOUSLY slow when there are thousands >of files in a directory. Is file access slow in directories containing many entries, or were you referring to listing the contents only? If the former, is it them better to minimize the # of entries (not going to any special effort, but in general...) in a certain directory? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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