[Dovecot] Re: Bug#224092: Dovecot IMAP: detection of folders

[Timo Sirainen]

On Dec 20, 2003, at 6:11 PM, Charlie Brady wrote:

>> I understand. However, making a simple check for being a file or
>> directory wouldn't harm anyone.
>
> It would cost a stat per file/directory, which Timo has tried to avoid
> (for performance reasons, AIUI). Are folders enumerated often enough 
> and
> the cost high enough that it is an important optimisation?

Maybe not that important, but it's rather useless to stat() them.

I have plans actually for creating a single mailbox index file per user 
which could be used to get all information for LIST and STATUS 
commands. That will be a nice optimization :)
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