Files in a directory...

From: Jonathan Nicholson <jjn_at_sanger.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:57:05 +0100 (BST)

What is the practical limit for the number of files in a directory?

We have an application here that wants to have >>300,000 files in a
directory. Will this be useable? Will it break?

Thanks,

Jonathan

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