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From: rcook@eagle.wesleyan.edu (ME:MINT.INIT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: HFS directory allocation?
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.200946.38986@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 91 01:09:45 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University
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A few weeks ago I remember reading somewhere (I believe it was Inside
Appletalk, 2nd edition) that there is a limit to the number of directories you
can create on any given volume.  Ever after, I have cringed every time I make a
new folder or destroy an old one.  I also heard that the directory numbers of
deleted directories cannot be reused, which is why I get worried that I will
run out of directories.

I suppose I should not be so concerned because HFS uses 16 bit numbers for its
directories, so 30000 folders is an awful lot to chug through.  I just want to
hear the story from someone who knows.  Thanks in advance.

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Randall Cook
rcook@eagle.wesleyan.edu
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