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Subject: Re: directory size
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Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 10:14:37 EST
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There is no limit on the size of a DOS subdirectory.  Of course the
larger the directory the slower accesses will be due to searching time.

There IS a limit on the root directory, that is fixed at format time and
is dependent on cluster size and size of the DOS partition.
-- 
Timothy Lange / PC Learning Resource Center
Purdue University Computing Center / West Lafayette, IN  47907
317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu