Rough outline of steps I think would work:
1. Read directory information
2. Pack and possibly sort it, meanwhile other programs can still access
the directory information
3. Check change time stamp and if not changed replace the directory
information with the new one
If changed try again.
>> I said run the utility "periodically", this doesn't mean all the time.
>> Perhaps once a week along with a fsck.
> With fsck probably not ;) (The fs would have to be unmounted). I don't
Actually I was thinking fsck in check only mode to check for any errors
before they cause problems.
>think it will speed up things considerably but maybe...
>
>PS: I think the best will be to wait for btrees in ext3...
>
Perhaps.
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