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Date:      Sat, 1 Oct 2022 01:58:48 -0400
From:      Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com>
To:        "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mkdir error message -- what does this mean?
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 3:03 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:48:09 -0400
> Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >      31 EMLINK Too many links. Maximum allowable hard links to a single
> > file has been exceeded (limit of 32767 hard links per file).
> >
> > I betcha the parent directory has at least this many number of objects in
> > it.
>
>         DIRHASH has a lot to answer for, time was we'd jump through hoops
> when writing applications to avoid having huge numbers of files in a
> directory, now nobody notices any problems until they hit the limit.
>
> --
> Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
>
>
You're bringing back memories Steve ... stop .... oh god please stop!!  ;)

You aren't wrong in the least and are spot on.  I forget where the
threshold was but really, for me, anything over something like 6000 objects
was completely intolerable.
I mean, for those youngin's who might read this in the future ... 6000
objects on 10k or even 15k spinning rust takes a bloody long time!

Thanks,
Paul Procacci
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 3:0=
3 PM Steve O&#39;Hara-Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:steve@sohara.org">steve@s=
ohara.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:48:09 -0400<br>
Paul Procacci &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pprocacci@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">=
pprocacci@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 31 EMLINK Too many links. Maximum allowable hard l=
inks to a single<br>
&gt; file has been exceeded (limit of 32767 hard links per file).<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I betcha the parent directory has at least this many number of objects=
 in<br>
&gt; it.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 DIRHASH has a lot to answer for, time was we&#3=
9;d jump through hoops<br>
when writing applications to avoid having huge numbers of files in a<br>
directory, now nobody notices any problems until they hit the limit.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Steve O&#39;Hara-Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:steve@sohara.org" target=3D"_b=
lank">steve@sohara.org</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"></div>You&#39;re bringing back memorie=
s Steve ... stop .... oh god please stop!!=C2=A0 ;)<br><br></div><div>You a=
ren&#39;t wrong in the least and are spot on.=C2=A0 I forget where the thre=
shold was but really, for me, anything over something like 6000 objects was=
 completely intolerable.<br></div><div>I mean, for those youngin&#39;s who =
might read this in the future ... 6000 objects on 10k or even 15k spinning =
rust takes a bloody long time!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><d=
iv>Paul Procacci<br></div><div><div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
signature">__________________<br><br>:(){ :|:&amp; };:</div></div></div></d=
iv>

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