Re: a new version of maildir
Peter van Dijk <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:28:56 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:36:02PM -0500, Paul Jarc wrote: > To save inodes, each flag directory can contain a file ":", which we > make hard links to when setting flags. But to support more than > NLINK_MAX messages, we must replace ":" with a new file and try > linking again if the first attempt yields EMLINK. Or hardlink the flags to the actual message, which scales for upto NLINK_MAX distinct flags, instead up to NLINK_MAX messages. Greetz, Peter -- [email protected] | ~ tonight tonight, what is this potion www.dataloss.nl | ~ that makes a fool of me UnderNet/#clue | Wayfinder, fr-025 soundtrack