Re: Defragging a directory?

[stever@gate.net (Steve Reeves)]

In article <55luqv$b9f@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
RUBYWAND <rubywand@aol.com> wrote:
>     ProSel-16 includes tests for Read Efficiency which gives Average Time
>in milli-seconds. Here are the Before/After results:
>
>                     Linear Read          Random Read
>                   Before     After        Before     After
>
>"New" disk   16.15     16.36       151.07    151.55
>"Old" disk    16.34     16.40       151.43    151.26
>
>     No; the "Before" and "After" numbers are not mixed up.
>
>     Most likely, ProSel-16's Read tests are so swamped by 3.5" diskette
>drive mechanical delays that they do not discriminate improvements due to
>deframentation.

I believe ProSel reads blocks directly from the device for these tests, so
fragmentation of the file-system wouldn't show up at all.

-- 
Steve Reeves
stever@gate.net