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Re: rm improvements from next rebased and pulled onto master
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: rm improvements from next rebased and pulled onto master |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:22:30 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-09) |
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:17:50AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Jim Meyering writes:
> >> Here's post-7.6 NEWS so far:
> >> rm -r deletes deep hierarchies more efficiently. Before, it took
> >> O(N^2)
> >> time, now it takes O(N).
> >
> > What is N? The number of files removed, the number of directories removed,
> > the maximal subdirectory depth?
> It's the latter, as implied by the preceding "deep hierarchies".
Thanks. I suggest adding
, with N the subdirectory depth.
to the NEWS entry. Still two lines, but much more precise now. :-)