Directory file limts

[Magnus Therning]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:57:28PM +0200, Duncan Anderson wrote:
>Magnus Therning wrote:
>
>>On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:25:08PM +0200, Duncan Anderson wrote:
>> 
>>>Greetings
>>>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?
>>>   
>>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?
>>/M
>> 
>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.

To be a bit of a pain (and risk being killed by curiosity):

 Why do you ask?

/M

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