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Directory structure (file system design)

I was looking at how file systems are designed and noticed that most places say that the directory hierarchy can be implemented using a hash table. Could someone please explain me how using a hash ...
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How do i speedily traverse a file system while extracting/extrapolating various data and provide user feedback?

I'm working on a system file scanner that reveals info about various files (e.g. size, last used, duplicates, etc). Currently I'm traversing the file system once just to get a good measure of the ...