Re: WC on Linux question

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40272
interpreted = N
texte = There is no limit in Linux.If there is, I have not stubled upon it and it is not documented.As far as Webcat is concerned, smart scripting would be in order, chopping down the actions in sizeable chunks. Otherwise you might very well have problems with timeouts and/or excessive lenghth of operation. At 11:39 AM 11/23/01, you wrote: >Hello, > >When my new servers get here I will be moving from Mac OS to Linux. I know >on Mac OS it is not a smart idea to put thousands and thousands of files in >the same directory. > >I have an idea to convert a large number of searches on my existing site to >static html pages that get written whenever hat specific data has changed. >This would require creating initially about 10,000 directories all in the >same folder (and hopefully 10's of thousands more soon). > >Does anyone know if having say 50,000 directories within a single directory >is a problem for Linux? > >E.g. > >/users/username1/ >/users/username2/ >/users/username3/ >/users/username4/ >/users/username5/ >/users/username6/ > >And most importantly, would WC 4.x have a problem manipulating them? WC >would be responsible for creating/deleting folders and the content within >each folder. The user folders would have normal amounts of files, say >between 3-30. > >Thanks > >Dale > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WC on Linux question (John Peacock 2001)
  2. Re: WC on Linux question (dale 2001)
  3. Re: WC on Linux question (John Peacock 2001)
  4. Re: WC on Linux question (dale 2001)
  5. Re: WC on Linux question (John Peacock 2001)
  6. Re: WC on Linux question (dale 2001)
  7. Re: WC on Linux question (Jeroen de Wijn 2001)
  8. WC on Linux question (dale 2001)
There is no limit in Linux.If there is, I have not stubled upon it and it is not documented.As far as Webcat is concerned, smart scripting would be in order, chopping down the actions in sizeable chunks. Otherwise you might very well have problems with timeouts and/or excessive lenghth of operation. At 11:39 AM 11/23/01, you wrote: >Hello, > >When my new servers get here I will be moving from Mac OS to Linux. I know >on Mac OS it is not a smart idea to put thousands and thousands of files in >the same directory. > >I have an idea to convert a large number of searches on my existing site to >static html pages that get written whenever hat specific data has changed. >This would require creating initially about 10,000 directories all in the >same folder (and hopefully 10's of thousands more soon). > >Does anyone know if having say 50,000 directories within a single directory >is a problem for Linux? > >E.g. > >/users/username1/ >/users/username2/ >/users/username3/ >/users/username4/ >/users/username5/ >/users/username6/ > >And most importantly, would WC 4.x have a problem manipulating them? WC >would be responsible for creating/deleting folders and the content within >each folder. The user folders would have normal amounts of files, say >between 3-30. > >Thanks > >Dale > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Jeroen de Wijn

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