Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!gt0t+ From: gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Ross Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Legal subdirectory size under System 5.0.2 Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 89 14:54:36 GMT References: <1989Nov14.021922.21921@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: <1989Nov14.021922.21921@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dhom@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (David Hom) writes: > 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. I believe that in the ProSEL 16 manual it says it can only handle a certain number of files in a subdirectory. Not that ProDOS can't handle it, just that the ProSEL Utilities can't. > > Dave > dhom@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu -Greg T.