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From: cd5340@mars.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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Subject: Re: Maximum number of files per directory and directories per drive?
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Date: 6 Mar 91 01:19:16 GMT
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In article <26195@adm.brl.mil> J_SCHULL@acc.haverford.edu (Jonathan Schull) writes:
>
>In other words, is there a maximum number of files one can have
>on a hard drive?

No.  The root directory has a limit, but subdirectories may contain an
unlimited number of files, assuming that you have the space to hold
them, of course.
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David Charlap                   "Invention is the mother of necessity"
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