RE: Max # of Files in a Directory?
stheg olloydson said: it was said: ... I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a pop3 server using Outlook then copying them into my imap folder, also using Outlook. Hello, 16383 was a limit in OL before version 8.03 (2000). Go to the MS knowledge base and search on Outlook using 16383 as the keyword. You will find a number of articles related to this issue. Thank you to everyone who answered. It definitely is an Outlook issue as I now have 16402 messages in the folder and I can read them using mutt. -- Danny ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Max # of Files in a Directory?
Hi. I googled for this but I couldn't find an answer. What is the largest number of files that can exist in a single directory in FreeBSD? I ask because I'm using courier-imap using a Maildir mailbox and I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a pop3 server using Outlook then copying them into my imap folder, also using Outlook. I guess my real question is, what is the bottleneck in this situation? Outlook? courier-imap? Or FreeBSD? -- Danny ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Max # of Files in a Directory?
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:40:43PM -0600, Danny MacMillan wrote: Hi. I googled for this but I couldn't find an answer. What is the largest number of files that can exist in a single directory in FreeBSD? I ask because I'm using courier-imap using a Maildir mailbox and I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a pop3 server using Outlook then copying them into my imap folder, also using Outlook. I guess my real question is, what is the bottleneck in this situation? Outlook? courier-imap? Or FreeBSD? I don't think there is any limit to how many files you can have in a single directory - or, if there is some limit, the limit is very large: on the order of hundreds of thousands of files or more (at which point directory operations would extremly slow anyway so nobody in his right mind would have so many files in a single directory.) There is a limit to how many subdirectories you can have in a single directory - that limit is 32765. This is tied to the how many hardlinks you can have to a single directory entry (32767: the value is stored in the inode as a signed 16-bit value) and every subdirectory contains a hardlink to its parent (the .. entry.) Anyway, if you run into trouble when trying to copy more than 16383 messages, then it is not FreeBSD which is to blame. Personally I would bet on Outlook being the culprit, but then I am a bit prejudiced against all Microsoft products. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Max # of Files in a Directory?
In the last episode (Sep 02), Danny MacMillan said: I googled for this but I couldn't find an answer. What is the largest number of files that can exist in a single directory in FreeBSD? I ask because I'm using courier-imap using a Maildir mailbox and I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a There's a limit of 16384 subdirectories in a single directory (due to the fact that each subdir has a .. file that's linked to the parent), but there's no real limit on the number of file. Try truss'ing the imap process and see exactly what syscalls are failing. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Max # of Files in a Directory?
In the last episode (Sep 02), Dan Nelson said: In the last episode (Sep 02), Danny MacMillan said: I googled for this but I couldn't find an answer. What is the largest number of files that can exist in a single directory in FreeBSD? I ask because I'm using courier-imap using a Maildir mailbox and I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a There's a limit of 16384 subdirectories in a single directory (due to Sorry; Erik's right, the limit is 32767. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Max # of Files in a Directory?
it was said: ... I started seeing all kinds of errors when trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a pop3 server using Outlook then copying them into my imap folder, also using Outlook. Hello, 16383 was a limit in OL before version 8.03 (2000). Go to the MS knowledge base and search on Outlook using 16383 as the keyword. You will find a number of articles related to this issue. HTH, Stheg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
