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From: pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul D. Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Which is more efficient...
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Date: 20 Feb 90 21:44:14 GMT
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pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul D. Anderson) writes:
>Which is more efficient (ie: cheaper and faster) in a program?
> - to chdir("/path") and then unlink("file") for each file in the 

Let me clarify my question from the previous posting:
I know of namei() in the kernal, it has been suggested that doing
the chdir() first will mean namei() will not have to be invoked as
often.  But does not unlink() have to chase back up the directory
structures (re-construct the directory tree) in order to ascertain
if the correct permissions exist to allow removal of the file?  Therefore,
would not calling unlink() with the full pathname be more efficient,
since all information is provided to unlink() about the path?

>Please E-Mail to me and I will summarize and re-post.
thanks,
paul
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