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SubjectRe: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories]
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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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