Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!gandp!rg
From: rg@gandp (Dick Gill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Huge directory
Message-ID: <309@gandp>
Date: 10 Sep 90 20:56:47 GMT
Reply-To: rg@psgdc.UUCP (Dick Gill)
Organization: Gill & Piette, Inc.
Lines: 17

A client's 32/650 is producing a "Huge directory" message when 
find is used to access a particular directory.  We moved some
files elsewhere, but still get the message; there are 1401 files
in the directory now.

How much of a problem is this?  Is there a maximum number of
files in a directory before something unpleasant happens?

Thanks for any thoughts.

Dick

-- 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dick Gill     Gill & Piette, Inc.      "I can be a humble guy when I need to." 
(703)761-1163   ..uunet!gandp!rg                                  Donald Trump