Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:56:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Christopher Palmer <cpalmer@jig.ordway.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Too many links Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904121454470.22405-100000@jig.ordway.org> In-Reply-To: <19990412121738.I2142@lemis.com>
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > Seriously, it's a performance issue. The current limit is in > /usr/include/sys/syslimits.h: > > #define LINK_MAX 32767 /* max file link count */ > > Theoretically you could just increase this value and 'make world', but > you might run into int overflow problems. I certainly think that > there are better alternatives to this issue than adding yet more > directories to one which is too full already. Yikes! Is this a filesystem-wide limit (not more than 32767 files/dirs total) or a directory-specific limitation (not more than 32767 files/dirs per dir)? Basically, is this a limit on inodes? Christopher Palmer Assistant Systems Administrator, Ordway Music Theatre cpalmer@jig.ordway.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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