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Article #1470Leaf directories (Re: Why is find so slow)
From: Jim Burns
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 04:56
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 04:56
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in article <F&gya5o2@cs.psu.edu>, flee@dictionopolis.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) says:
> ftw() as spec'd in System V.3 and SunOS 4.1 doesn't special-case leaf
> directories, so you can't implement lazy stat()ing.
I'm confused - what's a leaf directory, and how does it relate to this
discussion?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!emory!gatech!prism!gt0178a From: gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Burns) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.internals Subject: Leaf directories (Re: Why is find so slow) Message-ID: <15052@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 12 Oct 90 04:56:06 GMT References: <F&gya5o2@cs.psu.edu> Followup-To: comp.unix.shell Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 12