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5 Sep 2024 05:22:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Linux directory usage question  
From: Darren New
Date: 15 Sep 2009 19:40:47
Message: <4ab025ff$1@news.povray.org>
TC wrote:
> On a web server I have about a thousand product shots in a single directory 
> (web shop demands it) - how many more before Linux stops to like me? ;-)

That depends more on the file system than the kernel. If you're using ext2 
or ext3 (I think both have it) there's a flag you can turn on that says to 
build extra indexes for directories. Otherwise, I think they're linear.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".


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