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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:58:48 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 32k directory limit
Message-ID:  <20040121022848.GX47639@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200401161205.53937.darcy@wavefire.com>
References:  <200401161205.53937.darcy@wavefire.com>

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On Friday, 16 January 2004 at 12:05:53 -0800, Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> Is there a way i can bump up the limit of 32k directories in a directory on
> either 4.9 or 5.2 ?

I don't think so.  It's really the link count that's biting you, and
it's a signed 16 bit number.  FWIW, System V limits to 1000.

Why do you want that many directories?  UNIX directories aren't
designed to be that big, whether the entries point to files or
directories.

Greg
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