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Re: Performance hit: symlinks



Jeff Elkins said:
> Is there one, or if so is it perceptible?  For instance, I compiled kde
> and qt  to live in /opt. If I moved /opt to /usr/local/kde31 and made /opt
> a symlink  would this create overhead a human would notice?

no. i've seen systems with many layers of symlinks and there was no
noticable impact either.

of course theres the real picky kind of person who seems to be able to
notice the slightest change in anything :) I think if such a person
would "notice" any impact it would be their imagination.

nate





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