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From: Russ Cox <rsc@swt...>
Subject: Why are some apps so slow?
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:55:16 -0400

> But in many cases the files read are small, and keeping the
> fd open would not help. Just curiosity, anyway.

Why wouldn't keeping the fd open help?
It would get rid of the walk, open, and close,
3 of the 4 messages you were trying to get down to 1.

Rsus