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From: edward@pro-harvest.cts.COM (Edward Floden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Legal subdirectory size under System 5.0.2
Message-ID: <4969.apple.net.info-apple@pro-harvest>
Date: 19 Nov 89 17:37:20 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU

> The StandardFile dialog of any GS destop program CAN access more than
> ProSel can, but I haven't reached its limit yet, if any, so I don't
> know exactly HOW many more.

The limit is at least 1000 files. I occasionally use the Finder for file
maintenance on my ProLine system: some of the message topics (info-apple, for
one) have the one thousand most recent messages in them. The Finder is the
-only- utility that I have which can adequately deal with such a large
quantity of files in one directory.

(ProLine has a UNIX-like interface, but just try copying a few hundred
messages by entering the file names on a command line!)

:Edward

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