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- From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
- Subject: Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.194342.20953@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <1992Nov17.111130.17833@cs.tu-berlin.de> <1992Nov17.195401.772@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov18.004253.3704@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:43:42 EST
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- In article > mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >In > jav2d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jason Adams Vanvalkenburgh) writes:
- >>ernst@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de writes:
- >>> I know there is a limitation on the number of subdirectories in the
- >>> root directory, but is there any limitation in directories other
- >>> than "\" ?
- >>> Ernst Kloecker phone: ++49-30-6181635 e-mail: ernst@cs.tu-berlin.de
-
- >>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.
-
- >Just backwards. The root directory is the ONLY one with a limit. ..
- >...Once you are off the root directory, the 'directory listing'
- >is just another file, and it can be however large a file is allowed...
-
- One more piece of this, is that 360K system disks have a limit of 112 files,
- 114 for non-system disks. However, in eithercase... The root FAT can also
- run out of room. This occurs when you have lots and lots of little files and
- the disk is heavily fragmented. This (probably) is impossible for a 360K
- floppy but not for other disks. But, again, subdir's help to eliminate this.
-
- al
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