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From: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Large number of files slows machine.
Summary: Don't ask me why it works, but try this...
Message-ID: <61@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Date: 20 Dec 88 20:44:25 GMT
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Reply-To: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson)
Organization: U of Akron Computer Center, Ohio
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	I have noticed on machines that have too many files in a directory
that if you increase the BUFFERS in config.sys that the problem goes away.
I usually set buffers to twice the files, and if there are a lot of files I
will increase as far as 99 for buffers.
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