Messages in this thread | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | Subject | Re: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories] | Date | Mon, 20 Jul 1998 03:02:00 -0400 |
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-----Original Message----- From: Jan Kara <jack@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> To: Chad C Giffin <typo@t-net.org> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Date: Saturday, July 18, 1998 8:44 AM Subject: Re: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories]
>> >> On Sat, 18 in the year of our lord, 1998, Jan Kara wrote: >> : >> : With fsck probably not ;) (The fs would have to be unmounted). I >> : don't think it will speed up things considerably but maybe... >> >> Have you experimented with directories that have large holes ? > I'm sorry. I haven't expressed exactly. I don't belive, that sorting >of dir-entries by time will help the things much. >
Norton Utilities seams to think so. This is exactly what they do when defragmenting the system for optimal speed.
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