Re: [rfc] Near-constant time directory index for Ext2

[Daniel Phillips <phillips@innominate.de>]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> In article <01022100361408.18944@gimli> you wrote:
> > But actually, rm is not problem, it's open and create.  To do a
> > create you have to make sure the file doesn't already exist, and
> > without an index you have to scan on average half the directory file. 
> 
> Unless you use a File System which is better for that, like Reiser-FS. Of
> course a even better solution is to distribute those files in hashed subdirs.

Ahem.  Please read the first post in the thread. ;-)

-- 
Daniel