[LUNI] file system limitations

[Steven Lembark]

> initially, and that as long as it keeps the file open, there is no
> performance penalty for subsequent reads and writes?

Yup. Things like "ls" have the add'l overhead of sorting
their output (find does it in directory order and can
handle huge dir's). Once the inode is open via a file
handle in the O/S the file handle is a direct pipe to
the open file and the directory (link really) is no longer
an issue. In fact, the link can be removed after the file
is opened to create an "invisibile file" -- though this
is a really, really bad way to program.


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