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From: gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.internals
Subject: Leaf directories (Re: Why is find so slow)
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Date: 12 Oct 90 04:56:06 GMT
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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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