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Authored by: tempel on Jan 06, '09 03:00:33PM

I think you misunderstood me. I was trying to point out that FAF's search is much faster than the "find" command, at least if you are searching an entire disk. The reason is the same as for why FAF is faster than EasyFind: "find" and EasyFind perform recursive directory descent for their search, while FAF performs a flat search on directories of HFS volumes, which avoids lots of seeking. FAF finishes a search on a 2 million items volume in about 15 seconds on my Mac Pro, while find (and EasyFind) take minutes. Sure, find has other advantages, but it doesn't win in every category. Otherwise, what would be the point of me having developed it? :)



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