slow share = slow scripts?

[Gary R. Van Sickle]

> From: mwoehlke
[snip]
>  Also, why *is* 
> fstat() so inefficient?

Short answer:  because it gets a bunch of information about the file that
isn't necessarily available without hitting (open()ing) the file itself.

> Can anything be done about it?

Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Much has, but the real problem is the very definition of the
function.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle


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