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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:51:45 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RE: Tweaking FAT32.IFS to Boost Performance

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jr_fox@pacbell.net wrote:
>
> I have NEVER seen anything close to 50K files stored in one directory, regardless of the
> partition type. Wouldn't that get to be unmanageable in any case, as a practical matter ?

Not if you don't "open the folder" with the Workplace Shell so all the
filenames display in a window. THAT could take a while.

If the files are data files (for example, email messages) then there
shouldn't be a problem. A file system is basically just a database.

- Peter

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