Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Telling Workbench about new icons Message-ID: <8711251732.AA02443@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 12:32:18 EST Article-I.D.: cory.8711251732.AA02443 Posted: Wed Nov 25 12:32:18 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:44:50 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 10 >are kept in a hash table for fast initial access. Finding a named >file on the Amiga is a very fast operation, finding *all* files is >slow because these tables have to be traversed. The only enhancement Clarification: Traversing the hash table is fast, but all the directory knows about are file inodes. The file name, size, etc... are all kept in the inodes, which are spread about the disk. inode=header block (my unix background). -Matt