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Article #852Re: Limit on number of files per directory
From: mark kallas
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 11:16
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 11:16
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In article <19528@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> duvalj@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu (Joe Duval - Entomology) writes: >Is there a limit on files in DOS? Is there a certain number that I should >start worrying if I go above? The limit is for the root directory only. There is no limit for the number of files in a sub-directory. Common Root Directory Limits Single Sided Floppy Disk (160K) 64 files Double Sided Double Density (360K) 112 files Double Sided High Density (1.2M) 224 files Fixed Disk (any size) 512 files (sorry I didn't see info on 720k or 1.44M micro floppies) Reference - _PC_Magazine_DOS_Power_Tools by Paul Somerson Chapter 3 - Hard Disks Made Easy, Directory Limits page 77-- UUCP : texbell!digi!mkallas Internet: mkallas@digi.lonestar.org
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!texsun!digi.lonestar.org!mkallas From: mkallas@digi.lonestar.org (mark kallas) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Limit on number of files per directory Message-ID: <832@digi.lonestar.org> Date: 27 Jul 90 11:16:57 GMT References: <19528@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx. Lines: 19