From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 28 23:37:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F3D16A420 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:37:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B78C43D5F for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:37:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (70-97-220-126.dsl2.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [70.97.220.126]) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0843700A4; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.30] (unknown [192.168.1.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D5D9AE1B2; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:37:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43DC002E.1090408@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:37:18 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pelle Andersson References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.2 (20050629) at filter08.roc.ny.frontiernet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Number of files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:37:30 -0000 On 1/28/2006 2:31 PM Pelle Andersson wrote: >Hi list! > >I have a 4.11 server wich have been running successfully, for som years now. >One directory is containing images, and this directory is growing really >fast. > >My question is; how many files can a directory contain, totally? > >Best regard & TIA > I don't know exactly. As I recall, it has something to do with available inodes. Maybe 'man tunefs' might have some answers. Or try searching Google. Cheers, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com