Thanks! I will follow that advice in my application. 2009/9/25 Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 09:17:50PM +0200, Harrell wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > Is there any limit in the number of files that I can put in a directory? > > I know that the number of inodes is a limit for the whole file system, > but I > > don't know if there's another limit for directories inside a file system. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > joakinen > > > There's no system imposed limit to the numebr of files in a dir, but > there is a limit to the number of subdirs in a dir, which is 32k, > including the . and .. link. > > For practical purposes, you do want to limit the number of files in a > dir, since things will slow than if you have too many. The limit > depends on the speed of your system and the usage pattern, but I'd > suggest to not put more than a couple of thousands files in a dir. > > -Otto
