Messages in this thread |  | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | | Subject | Re: If not readdir() then what? | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:45:32 +0200 |
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In article <1176250921.309.94.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> you wrote: > Otherwise, the client would have to cache _all_ previous READDIR results > since the last opendir()/rewinddir() in order to be able to do its own > loop detection and that will obviously never scale for large directories > or for directories that change frequently...
Unless you have a COW style filesystem with versioning (think oracle tables) you will have to invalidate cookies often or do copies - on client or server. And I am not sure whats worse (for apps)... disappearing/missing files or duplicates.
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