[wplug] number of characters in the path of a file

[Christopher DeMarco]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 10:12:15AM -0400, Keir Josephson wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a degradation  in performance when you use longer
> file paths? For example, is  there a difference in performance  when

Somewhat tangential, but it's worth noting that some userland programs
(the most infamous being tar) restrict the number of characters in a
path.


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