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Subject: Re: Slow and Impossible
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Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 01:44:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  2 01:44:00 1984
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Date: 31 May 84 15:06:57 PDT
From: uw-beaver!wert.pa@XEROX.ARPA
Subject: Re: Slow and Impossible
In-Reply-To: <8405260102.AA20256@ucbkim.ARPA>
To: hamachi%ucbkim@UCB-VAX.ARPA (Gordon Hamachi)
Cc: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA

The problem stems from the fact that folders are not disk files, but
rather a relation on disk files. All the information that represents
folders is placed in memory when the disk is booted, thus the number of
folders affects the boot speed. I believe that this holds for file info,
also. Note that when you eject the disk, you may still open folders, GET
INFO them and files, too, etc. 

The result is faster operations on folders and files. Apple apparently
did not anticipate that you would have enough files on a disk to make
this a problem.

scott