Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Is any file system on Linux appropriate for very large directories? | Date | Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:20:58 +0100 (BST) |
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> it is possible that it could be solved simply by using a file system > that uses some kind of hashing for name lookup! A quick review of the > file systems currently available on Linux suggests that the only one > that uses hashing is the Amiga file system. I don't mean to be > prejudiced, but it's hard to imagine that the Amiga FS is the going to > be the best choice for us. Is there any other file system choice that > will solve this problem, or any other approach that you can suggest?
I'd suggest the simple approach. Make your open/close routines hash files into subdirectories ie
data/0/abjdkjd data/44/wxyz
etc
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