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From: Dan Labute <dan@discreet.com>
Subject: Creating large numbers of files
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:34:21 -0500
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Hi all,

I'm a developer trying to create large numbers of *empty* files 
(~100000).  What is the fastest way to perform such an operation other 
than a simple open().  Will using multiple threads to perform concurrent 
operations help significantly, or am I just awell-off using a single thread?

Are there any extensions that could be used?  What about writing my own 
filesystem plugin?

Similarly, I'd like to create and destroy large numbers of hard & soft 
links.  What are my options?

(Apologies if these questions have been asked in other thread.)

Thanks,

Dan