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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: Limit on number of files/resources per volume?
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Date: 15 Nov 90 00:03:44 GMT
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In article <645@treehouse.UUCP> andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) writes:

>I don't believe the HFS directory system has a file limit, although as
>you add files, the directory will increase in size using up some of the
>allocation blocks as it goes.

I think there is also a limit on the number of resources the Desktop file can
handle (the number 2500 comes to mind.)  There is also a practical performance
limit on the number of files in a folder.  for example, I have a folder full of
text files (about 850) that can take a couple of minutes or more to open.