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From: dhom@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (David Hom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Legal subdirectory size under System 5.0.2
Message-ID: <1989Nov14.021922.21921@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 14 Nov 89 02:19:22 GMT
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  The other day I was copying stuff into a folder with Prosel-16 (v8.0).  After
about 180 or some files, Prosel told me the subdirectory was too big and quit.
The subdirectory was 12 blocks long.
  I launched the finder and tried to copy the files into the folder and it 
worked. All 227 files got into one folder.  I quit back to Prosel.  The 
directory was now 18 blocks long,  but if I tried to cat the directory, Prosel 
told me the directory was too big.  
  Seems like Prosel-16 doesn't like directories larger than 12 blocks.  Anyone
know why this is?  What is the actual limit for number of files in a
directory under System 5.0.2?
  Thanks.

Dave
dhom@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu