barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) (06/23/89)
Guy Harris <guy@auspex.auspex.com> writes ... It would be interesting to see the distribution of file name lengths on a BSD system (where the limit is probably essentially infinite for all but the most perverse user or application), to see if there's a bend in the curve suggesting a lower maximum length, and then see how a fixed-length-entry scheme supporting that maximum length does vs. the BSD scheme. As a somewhat atypical user, here is a shortened version of our usage: 10 18751 7.18% 129239 49.52% 20 4641 1.78% 215141 82.44% 24 6600 2.53% 233930 89.64% 30 1711 0.66% 246614 94.50% 35 1787 0.68% 255721 97.99% 40 480 0.18% 259722 99.52% 45 117 0.04% 260771 99.92% 50 16 0.01% 260921 99.98% 55 1 0.00% 260964 99.99% 60 2 0.00% 260976 100.00% 65 0 0.00% 260978 100.00% 69 1 0.00% 260979 100.00% -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crdgw1.ge.com> a.k.a. <barnett@[192.35.44.4]> uunet!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett barnett@crdgw1.UUCP