On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:49 +1200 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <20090617214535.10866...@coercion>, Mike Kazantsev wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:04:37 +1200 > > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > > > >> In message <20090617142431.2b25f...@malediction>, Mike Kazantsev wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:33 +1200 > >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> Why not use hex representation of md5/sha1-hashed id as a path, > >>>>> arranging them like /path/f/9/e/95ea4926a4 ? > >>>>> > >>>>> That way, you won't have to deal with many-files-in-path problem ... > >>>> > >>>> Why is that a problem? > >>> > >>> So you can os.listdir them? > >> > >> Why should you have a problem os.listdir'ing lots of files? > > > > I shouldn't, and I don't ;) > > Then why did you suggest that there was a problem being able to os.listdir > them? I didn't, OP did, and that's what the topic "walking directory with many files" is about. I wonder whether you're unable to read past the first line, trying to make some point or just some kind of alternatively-gifted (i.e. brain-handicapped) person to keep interpreting posts w/o context like that. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
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