[796] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
File browsers and AFS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale MacDonald)
Thu May 21 12:53:56 1992
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 09:06:29 PDT
From: Dale MacDonald <macdonal@parc.xerox.com>
To: info-afs@transarc.com
Many file browser programs, notably Sun's filemgr, actually peek inside
every file to try to find enough information to know what application to
launch when the file is opened. For large directories in AFS, this is a
losing proposition, the cache gets filled with a bunch of useless pieces
of files. Has anyone thought of a way to beat this phenomenon?
Thanks,
Dale.
