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From: "Andrew Simmons" <andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Qid path generation
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Date: Tue,  6 May 2003 13:23:23 +1200
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> By the way, here's my hash function.  I pass it the full path
> name and creation time:
>

Thanks, I'll give that a go. I don't know much about the theory of hash
keys. Does the addition of the creation date to the path significantly
reduce the likelihood of collisions?