Re: Ext2 defragmentation

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:11:59 +0100

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Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Isn't it better to simply use locate / updatedb instead ?
>
> No. There are other operations (such as du -s ., search from midnight)
> which have find-like access pattern. And you have no chance of getting
> out of date.

I have a dirent->d_type patch which I really should get on with
submitting... Is anyone actually interested in it? It really speeds up
this sort of operation. I have tested it with treescan.

OTOH, the fastest solution of all would be one that's as good as locate
but always up to date. Why do you think I keep mentioning ways to
propagate "directory changed" information up directory trees?

-- Jamie

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