; grep $pattern /dist/replica/client/*.db
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Tim Newsham <[email protected]> wrote: >> enough. We say we deal with it with namespaces, but the bindings on a >> freshly-installed Plan 9 box already make a much longer list than any $PATH >> I can imagine! > > but you don't have a LD_LIBRARY_PATH, a MANPTH, or any number of > other search paths. Or symlinks. What is the total length of all > of your paths plus symlinks? > > Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue? > >> I'm thinking over the idea that we're bumping up against the practical >> limits of hierarchal file systems as a means for organising stuff, but I've >> no idea what else might work. > > Google's approach is not to bother sorting things out. Use searches > to find data you want. You can still do some sorting in things like > gmail, but you don't need to. > > Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com > > -- Federico G. Benavento
