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Aug 31, 2003, 2:11 PM
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safe maximum number of files per directory
I'm running Debian Linux, and I'm wondering what a reasonable maximum number of files is for a single directory. Does anyone have any experience with this? The best answer I've been able to find so far is that the filesystem won't allow more than 2^15 subdirectories in a single directory, but I can't find any information on limits for number of files.

Many thanks for any advice!
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Thread safe maximum number of files per directory hennagaijin 10229 Aug 31, 2003, 2:11 PM
Post Re: [hennagaijin] safe maximum number of files per directory 		brewt 10009 Aug 31, 2003, 6:14 PM
Thread Re: [hennagaijin] safe maximum number of files per directory 		Alex 10009 Aug 31, 2003, 7:13 PM
Thread Re: [Alex] safe maximum number of files per directory 		hennagaijin 9991 Aug 31, 2003, 7:16 PM
Thread Re: [hennagaijin] safe maximum number of files per directory 		Alex 10029 Aug 31, 2003, 7:25 PM
Thread Re: [Alex] safe maximum number of files per directory 		hennagaijin 10040 Aug 31, 2003, 7:30 PM
Thread Re: [hennagaijin] safe maximum number of files per directory 		Alex 9990 Aug 31, 2003, 7:33 PM
Thread Re: [Alex] safe maximum number of files per directory 		Stealth 10003 Aug 31, 2003, 8:51 PM
Post Re: [Stealth] safe maximum number of files per directory 		Alex 9954 Aug 31, 2003, 9:03 PM
Post Re: [Stealth] safe maximum number of files per directory 		brewt 9967 Aug 31, 2003, 9:05 PM