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From: dxxb@beta.lanl.gov (David W. Barts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: unix question: files per directory
Summary: Thanks.
Keywords: how many can there be?
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Date: 11 Apr 89 14:59:02 GMT
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Organization: BCS Richland, Inc.
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my question.  As several 
responses have pointed out, the only limit is imposed by file
size; however, things get painfully slow well before the directory
size reaches the maximum file size.

David W. Barts  N5JRN, Ph. 509-376-1718 (FTS 444-1718), dxxb@beta.lanl.GOV
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