All the large directories are indexed, but some smaller or empty ones seem not to be.
I think that's correct; it doesn't build the index tree until the directory reaches (from memory) a couple of blocks. I vaguely recall that one can still use readdir / telldir and end up with an O(n^2) result, but I forget how. You've reached the limit of my knowledge here. Alex _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
