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Re: overcoming the 32k objects limit is ext3 - which file system to use?



On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:24:04 +0100, Lisi wrote:

> On Saturday 24 April 2010 15:00:37 Camaleón wrote:
>> Well, I admit my English is not the very best it could be, but for sure
>> the OP concern was "32000 files/folders under a folder" and if I read
>>                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> that in a correctly manner, it says something about *folders under a
>> folder*... I hope "subdirectories = folders" is still valid.
> 
> Mea culpa. :-(  I come across the term "folder" so rarely that it barely
> makes it into my passive vocabulary - let alone my active vocabulary.  I
> simply failed to register it at all.  I stand corrected.  I am currently
> standing in a corner with a dunce's cap on. :-(

You can remove that cap and return to your desktop. No offence taken :-)

I know "folder" is very much used in windows environments (and also by 
newbies) and "directory" is a more correct term, widely used by "techies".
 
> Which raises the question of - why the inconsistent results?? ;-)

What "inconsistent results" are you referring to? You mean the divergence 
in the answers the OP is getting? :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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