On Wed 26 Oct 2005, Kent Miller wrote: > $ mkdir ~/briefcase/1205275 > mkdir: cannot create directory `1205275': Too many links > > Therefore, the limitation appears to be on the side of the ext3 file > system, and unrelated to rsync.
If you have so many subdirectories that ext3 is complaining about "too many links", then the performance will also be impacted badly. > Of course, this means that I am really stuck. In a push to standardize, I > deployed debian sarge throughout my entire network. All partitions are > either ext3 or swap. I use reiserfs everywhere (and Debian of course), but perhaps a better directory layout would be more fruitful in your case. Paul Slootman -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
