At 04:40 PM 4/26/2002, Charles Wilson wrote:
>Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > >>At 04:03 PM 4/26/2002, Earnie Boyd wrote: >> >>>As for the # of executables in the /bin directory, isn't there a limit >>>to the number of files and/or directory entries in any one directory on >>>win32? >>I remember something vague about the number of entries in a directory on FAT (not >FAT32) partitions but I'm not sure whether it applies to files, >>directories, or both (probably both). Depending on what the restriction is, this >may be a good argument for being cautious of putting too much stuff in bin. Anybody >remember more about this FAT limitation? > > >You can only have 512 entries in the ROOT directory of a partition. However, long >file names take up more than one entry, so under VFAT this limitation is actually >worse than in FAT. > >However, directories other than the root are unlimited in size (except by your >patience, and vision) That's the ticket! OK, this is a non-issue then (good!). Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
