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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--kM/PxlMMHsUUNZZW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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. --kM/PxlMMHsUUNZZW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADePgIubykFB6QiMRAmm2AJ9PpHD5wE1b85qFfj1h7owU0JOzhACfYbUn TBtG74QxEeTCT9MN/EarZG8= =CtLY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kM/PxlMMHsUUNZZW--
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