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Article #41436Re: Folder hierarchy and pathname length
From: Jeff Morris
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 16:15
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 16:15
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In article <3052@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de> roeder@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de (Edgar Roeder) writes: >In article <2018@laura.UUCP>, klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) writes: >> Hmm, is that really possible? I once tried out how deep a file >> could be nested in the file system hierarchy. From the desktop >> I created a folder "1" in the root directory, then a folder "2" >> within "1" and so on. I ended with folder "8" and got a message >> which told me that it is not possible to create a folder so >> deep in the index structure. To open a file 20 or 40 levels >> deep in the file system should not be possible. >... >> Any comments? > >This limit of 8 folder levels only applies to the desktop. The GEMDOS file and >directory functions have no such limit. You can see this if you try the same >procedure as above from a shell (eg. gulam). > > - Edgar >-- > Suppose this could be the window limit of GEM??? JLM #include <disclaim.h>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!jlm From: jlm@Apple.COM (Jeff Morris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Folder hierarchy and pathname length Message-ID: <6978@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 1 Mar 90 16:15:45 GMT References: <2051@atari.UUCP> <2018@laura.UUCP> <3052@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 24