Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?

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From: fred smith
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:51

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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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Subject: Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?
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