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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:56:51 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com>
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Subject: Re: dirpref gives massive performance boost
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 05:55:30PM -0400, Brad Laue wrote:
> Ahh.. (Forwarding this to the list, since people may benefit)
>=20
> Would creating copies of directory trees, or passing them between
> partitions rebuild their structure in an optimized way, without clearing
> the filesystems?

I assume you'd get a partial benefit depending on how much free space
you have on the disk.

Kris

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