walking a directory with very many files

[Mike Kazantsev]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:49 +1200
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:

> In message <20090617214535.108667ca at coercion>, Mike Kazantsev wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:04:37 +1200
> > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> > 
> >> In message <20090617142431.2b25faf5 at malediction>, Mike Kazantsev wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:33 +1200
> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>>> Why not use hex representation of md5/sha1-hashed id as a path,
> >>>>> arranging them like /path/f/9/e/95ea4926a4 ?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> That way, you won't have to deal with many-files-in-path problem ...
> >>>> 
> >>>> Why is that a problem?
> >>> 
> >>> So you can os.listdir them?
> >> 
> >> Why should you have a problem os.listdir'ing lots of files?
> > 
> > I shouldn't, and I don't ;)
> 
> Then why did you suggest that there was a problem being able to os.listdir 
> them?

I didn't, OP did, and that's what the topic "walking directory with
many files" is about.
I wonder whether you're unable to read past the first line, trying to
make some point or just some kind of alternatively-gifted (i.e.
brain-handicapped) person to keep interpreting posts w/o context like
that.

-- 
Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
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