Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:36:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Prakash Shetty <root@varelinux.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Urgent - too many links Message-ID: <20010214083615.E60977@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A892160.3000108@varelinux.org>; from root@varelinux.org on Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 05:28:24PM %2B0530 References: <3A892160.3000108@varelinux.org>
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On Tuesday, 13 February 2001 at 17:28:24 +0530, Prakash Shetty wrote: > Hi > I am facing a problem...in a freebsd server.....i cannot > create directories above a certain limit.....wht should i do..tried > many things increasing the inode level etc......it gives a error > "too many links" The maximum number of links allowed is 32767. If you have this many subdirectories in a single directory (or even this many entries), you're doing something wrong. You should rearrange your directory structure. Symlinks are not the answer: the performance would be terrible. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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