Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:24:24 -0500 (EST)
From:	Michael Phelps <morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	findnext() question
Message-ID:	<Pine.SOL.3.91.960126162126.9735A-100000@hops.cs.jhu.edu>
MIME-Version:	1.0

	I have a program that uses the findfirst()/findnext() construct 
to read in filenames to be processed.  I have noticed, however, that for 
one particular directory I have (which contains around 279 files), when 
the program gets about halfway through the files, it slows down 
substantially.  I have two questions about this:
	1)  Why does this happen?
	2)  Is there a workaround which allows maximum speed through all 
	    the files?

Thanks.

						---Michael Phelps
						   morphine AT cs DOT jhu DOT edu


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