Limit of number of files per directory?

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Peter Frank

Hi,

Do the file systems used for CDs, DVDs (e.g. Joliet, UDF) and hard
disks (e.g. NTFS) have a limit as far as the number of files per
directory/folder is concerned or can I save as an unlimited number of
files in a directory as long as there is enough space?

I am especially unsure about CDs and DVDs because I know that the
formats they use have more restrictions than the ones used for hard
disks.

Peter
 
Peter said:
Hi,

Do the file systems used for CDs, DVDs (e.g. Joliet, UDF) and hard
disks (e.g. NTFS) have a limit as far as the number of files per
directory/folder is concerned or can I save as an unlimited number of
files in a directory as long as there is enough space?

I am especially unsure about CDs and DVDs because I know that the
formats they use have more restrictions than the ones used for hard
disks.
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This is the only info I found so far:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Limitations

It doesn't look like there is any specific limitation on the number of
files per directory, though there might be an overall limit on the total
number of files in the whole filesystem.

Yousuf Khan
 
This is the only info I found so far:

It doesn't look like there is any specific limitation on the number of
files per directory, though there might be an overall limit on the total
number of files in the whole filesystem.
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TThat is the typical Unix approach. Every file has an inode
and the inodes are all created on filesystem creation. Hiwever
AFAIK NTFS does not have this limit, I know that FAT does
not have it. On the other hand on Unix filesystems this rarely
is a problem.

Arno
 
Peter Frank said:
Hi,

Do the file systems used for CDs, DVDs (e.g. Joliet, UDF) and hard
disks (e.g. NTFS) have a limit as far as the number of files per
directory/folder is concerned or can I save as an unlimited number of
files in a directory as long as there is enough space?

I am especially unsure about CDs and DVDs because I know that the
formats they use have more restrictions than the ones used for hard
disks.

Peter
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it gets REAL slow to log them
 
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