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- From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
- Subject: Re: Number of subdirectories limited ?
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- References: <1992Nov17.195401.772@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <9211182043@fcshome.UUCP> <1992Nov19.162149.4799@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:20:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.162149.4799@nntp.nta.no> hlj@hal.nta.no (Harald Ljoen FBA) writes:
- >
- >There is no *definite* limit to the number of entries in subdirectories.
- >However, as the FAT has fixed size, there *is* a definite limit to the
- >*total* number of files/subdirectories that can reside on the disk. Each
- >file/subdirectory requires *at least* one disk block, and therefore occupies
- >*at least* one entry in the FAT.
-
- Minor quibble: files with nothing in them only take up space in a
- directory, they don't use a "disk block".
-
- Duncan Murdoch
- dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
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