Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?

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Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:39

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In article <1992Nov19.162149.4799@nntp.nta.no> harald.ljoeen@nta.no writes:

>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. 

Saying that the FAT has fixed size is like saying that the disk has
fixed size, :-) since there's a one-to-one relationship between a
FAT entry and a disk cluster.

I do long for the day when we may have disks with unlimited capacity. :-)

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