OK - that seems reasonable. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think there is any meaningful limit. (2**31) - 1 I would guess. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:02 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: file limitation error > > Um, maybe... > > If you simply increment with a batchfile using ASCII names for the > directories, such as: > > x:\a > x:\b > etc., through x:\12345678901234567890........ > > with no subdirectories, I wonder how long before you reach a limit. I haven't > run across documentation regarding that. > > > Kurt > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:34 PM, AVJO - Vegh Jozef <[email protected]> > wrote: >> You will rather reach the max path length than reaching the max adressable >> directories on NTFS. >> >> Imagine the following: drive x: >> >> So path would be x:\a\b\c... Etc. >> >> So would be than 260 / 2 - 1 = 129 levels... >> >> Jozef >> >> >> >> >> On 12.2.2013, at 21:23, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A directory is just another kind of file. >>> >>> What's the max number of directories in any given directory? By that, >>> I mean only the top-level directories, not counting the >>> subdirectories. >>> >>> It would be interesting to test this with a simple batch file to >>> start creating subdirs in a directory and see if/when it blows up. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Chinnery, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The path isn't too deep: E:\convert\0000000\0000\0000\0000 and from that >>>> point, other folders are created usually on the order of 000000xxxxxx. >>>> Probably on the order of 2+ million folders right now. At the end, >>>> though, it will be 4+ million easily. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:20 PM >>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>> Subject: Re: file limitation error >>>> >>>> Aside from path length, which others have already mentioned, if you have >>>> more than 10k files in a directory things will *really* start to slow >>>> down. Whether this will start to generate the errors you're seeing is >>>> unknown to me, but I wouldn't be surprised. >>>> >>>> Just FYI - the Win32 API only supports path lengths of approximately >>>> 254 characters (I say approximate because there are some interesting >>>> oddities) - this is different than the native Windows API, which >>>> allows for much longer path lengths, something on the order of 32768 >>>> characters, IIRC. For example, copy.exe and xcopy.exe both use the >>>> Win32 API, whereas robocopy.exe uses the Native API, and will copy (and >>>> delete) those longer names. >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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