From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 5 14:49: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from turbo.dreamtime.net (dreamtime.net [209.61.206.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4456F37B409 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:49:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stephenl5qmj8e (lsanca1-ar8-122-145.lsanca1.dsl.gtei.net [4.35.122.145]) by turbo.dreamtime.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f95Lmpx09002 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:48:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from clients@dreamtime.net) From: "Dreamtime.net Inc." To: Subject: Directory Limit Question Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:47:56 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG How many subdirectories might be created in a directory on a local drive (freebsd-4.2). I have put 32765 subdirectories and when I try to create another one, the system says: bash$ ls | wc 32765 32767 288325 bash$ mkdir anotherone mkdir: anotherone: Too many links bash$ Is there is any "official" limit, is there any way to overcome it? Sincerely, Stephen H. Kapit - President Dreamtime.net Inc. http://www.dreamtime.net http://www.email-blaster.com Fax - 509-275-1264 ICQ# - 36768098 Dreamtime.net is an internet development company specializing in The Replicator, MLM-ONE!, Email Blaster, DREAMcommerce, and DREAMcharge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message