From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 22 20:36:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from krell.webweaver.net (krell.webweaver.net [206.24.105.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8DC37B5AF for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:36:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicole@unixgirl.com) Received: from xwin.nmhtech.com (xwin.nmhtech.com [208.138.46.10]) by krell.webweaver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB0420F04; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Content-Length: 1780 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Nicole Harrington." To: "Daniel O'Connor" Subject: Re: How many files can I put in one diretory? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Luigi Rizzo Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22-Jun-00 Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 22-Jun-00 Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> that sounds insane! Because a name is a name, why dont they call >> those files xx/yy/zz/tt.html and the like, to get down to a more >> reasonable # of files per directory. >> >> Or use a single file and a cgi which extracts things from the right place. >> In such a context, i assume that the best place to do the name lookup >> is in the app, not in the kernel. > > Yeah.. This is why databases where invented :) > Hey I agree... However even if the html was databased.. (working on that now) the custom graphics cannot be. (yet) > FYI 40000 in a directory really makes directory listings slow.. 2 million > would suck :) > Well.. Yea. But assuming you are using Apache and requesting the page and graphics via a fully formed URL it should be pretty high.. I would assume. Nicole > --- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message nicole@unixgirl.com |\ __ /| (`\ http://www.unixgirl.com/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | o_o |__ ) ) http://www.dangermouse.org/ // \\ ---------------------------(((---(((----------------------------------------- -- Powered by Coka-Cola and FreeBSD -- -- Strong enough for a man - But made for a Woman -- -- OWNED? MS: Who's Been In/Virused Your Computer Today? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message