Dave Eckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | Instead my guess would be something more like: if you're | rebuilding the quota database you can do so by N/M | readdir()'s instead of N/M readdir()'s plus N stat()'s, | which is probably a huge reduction in disk seeks, which | would be attractive since almost everything stat() would | be telling you would be irrelevant (e.g., inode number, | permissions, actual disk blocks consumed).
i've heard ken has a solution to this that involves less code. ;-) seriously, how does this make sense for a /user's/ maildir located in the user's home directory? notwithstanding that the very long filenames blow much of the original savings. - erik
