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Article #3693Re: Upper Limit on Subdirectories in DOS.
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:52
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:52
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sevay@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >I have two quick questions, and I hope I chose the right place to post them: >o Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create > under the root directory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0? Yes. The limit varies according to the size of the disk (floppies), but seems to be a constant at 512 for hard drives. >o Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create > under any other subdirectory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0? Not really, except that sooner or later you'll run out of space for adding extension blocks to the directory. Also, performance takes a *major* hit every time DOS has to search for the next cluster of the directory. -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com FIDO: 1:105/51 Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org (The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!ogicse!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Upper Limit on Subdirectories in DOS. Message-ID: <1993Jan12.225249.13309@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Date: 12 Jan 93 22:52:49 GMT Article-I.D.: qiclab.1993Jan12.225249.13309 References: <1993Jan4.172846.46092@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. Lines: 22