>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Carah <pete@???> writes:
Pete> One other thing to consider here is that unix takes *very*
Pete> long to open a file in a directory with 500k files (the
Pete> spool of 244k messages mentioned). I've seen a full minute
Depends on the filesystem - reiserfs is hash based and takes no time
at all to open or create a file in a directory with 500k
files. Scanning the whole directory takes a few seconds though.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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