Correction of the "jot" command arguments: Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote on 04/25/2015 16:15: > Hi, > > <snip> >> Now, the test. First, I create a big maildir folder with: >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> #!/bin/sh >> >> set -e >> >> dir=maildir-test >> rm -rf "$dir" >> maildirmake "$dir" >> >> for i in `seq 5000` >> do >> date=$((10000000+i)) >> cat <<EOF > "$dir/cur/$date.1.host:2,S" >> From: <[email protected]> >> Subject: $date >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> >> test $i >> EOF >> done >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > <snip> > > the situation becomes much worse if you generate the filenames from a random > sequence. Try to replace the command "seq" by "jot" from the package > athena-jot like > > for i in $(jot 5000 1 5000) > for i in $(jot -r 5000 1 5000)
> That makes the numerical order of the files have a random i-node number > sequence . -- Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
