Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:32:51 -0800 From: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 32k directory limit Message-ID: <200401210832.52068.darcy@wavefire.com> In-Reply-To: <20040121022848.GX47639@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200401161205.53937.darcy@wavefire.com> <20040121022848.GX47639@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Problem is some brain dead software (to which I don't have source) creating these dirs all under one dir and not nesting them in a way to ensure that the 32k number isn't broken. On January 20, 2004 06:28 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > 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 > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com
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