From: Mrmaster Mrmaster <mrsolarlife@...>
Date: 2009-06-17T03:45:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Which is more expensive Rename or Move?

Kyle Schmitt wrote:
> Because moving and renaming files consist of the same operations.
> 
> To really really overly simplify it, moving a directory primarily
> involves updating the directory, not every node under it.
> 
> I'm a bit busy to lookup papers on how it works, but do some googling
> for how filesystems work.

Thanks, I'll do the research. I just neded to know of the costs :)
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