From: Dom <to...@rpdom.net> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 > Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation.
Nice analysis! > On FAT12 (and FAT16, iirc) there is a limit of 512 files in the root > directory. Other directories don't have this limit. I found additional information here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_filename#Limitations http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940351 > Try creating a subdirectory on that drive and storing the files in there instead. That works in Debian. peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ for i in $(seq 1 255);do touch Longfilename $i;done peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ ls *25* Longfilename125 Longfilename250 Longfilename253 Longfilename225 Longfilename251 Longfilename254 Longfilename25 Longfilename252 Longfilename255 Thanks! ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057565.55156.51847@cantor.invalid
