Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:30:57 +0100 | From | Martin von Loewis <> | Subject | Re: dcache questions |
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> What about always putting short path name in the dcache? > This way, when you have to lookup for a path, you just have to convert > it to its short alias if necessary, and then use the dentry lookup. > > Have I missed something?
The problem is that there is no fixed 1:1 relationship between long and short names. On my system, I have
progra~1 progra~2 Program Files Programme
(This comes from installing a German version of Win95 and English software :-)
It is impossible to tell which alias belongs to which long name, unless you read the directory. The point of the dcache is to not read the directory, of course.
Regards, Martin
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