Re: Directory updates in filesystems

2004-10-28 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Waters wrote: [...] | If you have multiple processes simultaneously accessing a directory with | rename of contents (additions and removals add more fun), a simple | opendir/readir loop will on occasion fail to find a file that exists (i.e. | the

Directory updates in filesystems

2004-10-28 Thread Simon Waters
There is discussion on maildir happening in the dovecot mailing list. My question is mostly curiosity driven as I thought I understood "enough" about filesystems to answer such questions, and not reiserfs specific (but I know it is dear to your hearts). The discussion focuses on the use of rena

Re: when will it end?

2004-10-28 Thread Markus Törnqvist
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 08:49:52PM -0500, David Masover wrote: > >Assuming I'd let it finish. I didn't, so I have absolutely no idea how >far along it was. I suspect that it wasn't going to finish. AFAICT there is no way to see where the repacker is going :P -- mjt