Directory file limts

[Duncan Anderson]

Magnus Therning wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:25:08PM +0200, Duncan Anderson wrote:
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>>Greetings
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>>Can someone tell me if there is a limit to the number of files in a
>>directory, and if so what is it? Or is the answer to this question
>>dependent on what file system is being used?
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>I've never heard of a maximum number of files in a directory at all. Not
>on any system or filesystem... is there a max in some fs that you know
>of?
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>/M
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Well, the number of files on a file system is naturally determined by 
the number of inodes on that file system. What I am wondering is whether 
the number of files in a subdirectory is limited any further than by the 
limits imposed by the dimensions of the file system itself.

cheers
Duncan

		
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