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5 Sep 2024 11:20:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Linux directory usage question  
From: Darren New
Date: 16 Sep 2009 12:31:13
Message: <4ab112d1$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   I think most file systems (such as ReiserFS) have O(log n) indexing for
> files in a directory. So they don't get degraded at all.

It's an option called "dir_index" on ext2/3 that you can set with tune2fs or 
with the appropriate fsck (and of course during mkfs).  Just in case you 
ever need to know. :-)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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