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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Big directories vs. many directories
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Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 22:54:12 EDT
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>I have a question about searching your directory path.  Is it more efficient
>to have many small directories in your path, or to have fewer, larger directories?
>---
>Dan Barrett	ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP
>		barrett@hopkins-eecs-bravo.arpa

	It is more efficient to have fewer, larger directories when
searching for a specific file.  This is due to the fact that directories
on the Amiga are hashed rather than organized linearly.

			-Matt