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- From: fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith)
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- Subject: Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?
- Message-ID: <9211182043@fcshome.UUCP>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:51:52 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.195401.772@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Jason Adams Vanvalkenburgh (jav2d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
- : ernst@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de writes:
- : > Hi,
- : >
- : > I know there is a limitation on the number of subdirectories in the
- : > root directory, but is there any limitation in directories other
- : > than "\" ?
-
- <stuff deleted)
-
- :
- : The FAT system only allows a maximum number of file entries. I'm not
- : sure about numbers, but I remember reading that a 360K floppy couldn`t
- : have any more than 112 file entries. Therefore 112 0-byte files would
- : actually fill up the disk, because the FAT tables were full. Larger
- : capacity disks have proportionally more space allocated for the FAT
- : tables, etc. I had never heard of limitations for the root directory,
- : though.
- :
-
- The DOS file system has a limit on the number of files (items) IN THE
- ROOT DIRECTORY!!!!!!!!! The number 112 given above is how many things
- can exist in the ROOT directory of a 360k floppy. Once you start
- putting things into subdirectories there is no limit other than
- the size of the disk.
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