Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!mks!wheels
From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: file limits of root directories
Summary: root directory is a fixed size
Message-ID: <396@mks.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 23:36:12 GMT
References: <449@dukempd.UUCP>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
Lines: 18

In article <449@dukempd.UUCP>, gpm@dukempd.UUCP (Guy Metcalfe) writes:
> 	Question:  is there a 100 file limit on root directories?  And if so,
> why doesn't it extend to the branches as well?
> -- 
> 	Guy Metcalfe                            gpm@dukempd.uucp  
> 	Duke University Dept. of Physics	mcnc!duke!dukempd!gpm 
> 	Durham, N.C.      27706			despot@tucc.bitnet   

This is a case where GEMDOS emulates MS-DOS's file system too well.  As
in MS-DOS, the root directory is different that the others (because in
MS-DOS version 1.x there were no subdirectories).  The root directory is
in a fixed location, and is a fixed length.  So, when it's full, it's
full. 
-- 
     Gerry Wheeler                           Phone: (519)884-2251
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