Re: Speed problem in scanning a directory with 500,000 files

[Robert Soros]

Have you tried ReiserFS ? Also, how much memory do you have ?  Maybe for
a bit of insight read this article, 

http://www.lwn.net/2001/0426/a/dp-delete.php3

On 24 Apr 2001 10:05:43 -0400, Min Yuan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have a directory on Redhat 6.2 with 500, 000 files. In our code we open and read 
>the directory and for each entry in the directory we use lstat() to check for some 
>information. The whole scanning takes more than eight hours which is terribly long.
> 
> Is there any way we could reduce this length of time? If the answer is NO, then is 
>there any official documents about it and where can we find it?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Min Yuan 
> VytalNet, Inc.
> (905)844-4453 Ext. 241



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