Ftp-WG: NLST vs MLSD

At 03:35 PM 10/12/2002, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
>Frank da Cruz writes:
> > (in the "mae-west*.jpg" example
> > above, suppose these pictures were in a directory that contained
> > a million files, but you only wanted three of them).
>
>Reality check: What kind of idiot organizes his files that way? Do you
>realize how long it takes for a server to look through a million-file
>directory on a typical filesystem? Have you heard of subdirectories?

Yes, I've seen it happen, I'm afraid.  It was a file server for an NMR 
machine.  An absolutely horrible, and totally inefficient layout, as you 
say.  I don't think it's worth making an effort to support such bad behaviour.

Alun.
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