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In article <1992Nov17.111130.17833@cs.tu-berlin.de> ernst@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Ernst Kloecker) 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 "\" ?

Why, sure. Each subdirectory you create takes up its own cluster plus 32
bytes in the parent directory's "file", so the amount of free disk space
becomes the limiting factor, probably, unless the DOS code for handling
directory "files" breaks if it becomes larger than 64Kb, which I don't
think it does, because I think I've had directories with over 2,048
entries in it. But if you need to ask this question, you are probably
trying to solve a problem the wrong way. :) Why do you ask about this
possible limit? Performance-wise, DOS badly loses on big directories.

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