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From: rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: unix question: files per directory
Message-ID: <5980047@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 89 21:29:01 GMT
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>>How many files can there be in a single UNIX directory ....
>	return pathconf(dirpath, _PC_LINK_MAX);

This will tell you how many links you can make *to* dirpath, not how
many links you can make *in* dirpath.  There might be a tangential
relationship to the number of subdirectories you can make in dirpath,
but don't even count on that.

		Bob Lenk
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