Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:20

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In article <1992Nov19.162149.4799@nntp.nta.no> hlj@hal.nta.no (Harald Ljoen FBA) writes:
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>There is no *definite* limit to the number of entries in subdirectories.
>However, as the FAT has fixed size, there *is* a definite limit to the
>*total* number of files/subdirectories that can reside on the disk. Each
>file/subdirectory requires *at least* one disk block, and therefore occupies
>*at least* one entry in the FAT. 

Minor quibble:  files with nothing in them only take up space in a 
directory, they don't use a "disk block".

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca

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