file sharing painfully slow

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 20, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Dan Shoop wrote:

> In that case you're complaining about just the stat that's done.  
> That too is transferred file by file so 900 files is a lot to stat  
> through.
>
> But it's well known not to keep large numbers of files in  
> directories on Macs for these reasons...

That's a complete b.s. suggestion. It could only be "well known"  
because the Finder handling a simple task in a very stupid manner.  
There is no HFS+ limitation to the number of files or folders within  
a folder (root level yes), and 900 items doesn't even remotely  
approach the level of what's unreasonable EXCEPT in this context  
because the Finder is clearly so poorly behaved. I do not have these  
kinds of performance problems in the same situation using Windows and  
that's just embarrassing.

The amount of file metadata is nothing in comparison to sending a  
128x128 pixel icon redundantly for every cotton picking image.


Chris Murphy
Color Remedies (TM)
New York, NY
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