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
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