Hello The Bat! users,
Alexander V. Kiselev wrote at 4/3/2000, 2:59 PM
>> what is the main reason for storing the messages in one big file per
>> folder?
AVK> Works faster;-)
Maybe. But with 1 msg/file
a) folder-to-folder operations would be faster
b) folders wouldn't have to be compressed time to time
c) you could code up some interesting new concepts easier, I mean
_virtual folders_.
For c) you would need a filesystem with some database-like semantics,
currently BeFS, at some point of the future ReiserFS.
AVK> I'm not going to install NT of any flavour here just in order to make the life of
e-
AVK> mail client better;-)
It is all very well that :)
>> So maybe the forthcoming Linux port should use the 1 f/msg method.
AVK> What for? Why don't you like the 2files per 1folder method? Remember,
AVK> under Linux there are no problems with defragmentation anyway;-)
The situation is way better than in FAT/NTFS, but EXT2 isn't
invulnerable either... If the volume fills up, fragmentation can't be
avoided, and then Linux won't automagically defragment your files
after you have enough space...
Cheers: SyP
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