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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with file systems with more than 2000 Files
Message-ID: <1285@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 13 Jul 89 13:18:24 GMT
References: <605@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de>
Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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In article <605@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de> breu@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Michael Breu) writes:

[ Problems with > 200 files on one disk ]

>Can anybody tell me, whether the previous problems with the finder is indeed
>existing, and whether it is related with the break down of our
>filesystem?

A problem that exists and will exist for the forseeable future is the
problem with the Desktop file. It is a resource file, and as such cannot
have more than 32767 resources in it. Now, some (generically typed
applications with the "Standard application" icon and without file comments)
add NO resources to the Desktop, while others may well add 20 resources,
or more. There are two ways to avoid this, either by partitioning the
disk or by modifying the Finder/Desktop structure (a task for the Apple
Operating Systems Development Team) but neither may be appropriate for
Your needs. (This is described in a TechNote, my TechNotes were updated
in April or May, I think.)

Hope this clarifies, sez'

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