Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory
On Thu, 08 Dec 2016, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> Does anybody else (reading this) recall that, and recall more details, like
> the maximum number of files and which FAT systems (32 or 16) this applied to,
> and, further, is it still a limit on FAT32?
Ugh. Well, for FAT32, "it depends" on the implementation, but it is not
unlimited.
Even for FAT12/16, the number of entries in the root directory region
could be changed at filesystem creation time (within some limits).
OTOH, when you use VFAT on top, it can consume more than one "directory
entry" per file...
So you never know for sure with FAT12/16/32 + VFAT ;-)
Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system
> The limit might have existed in FAT12 as well (or some similar limit), but as
> I recall it was in FAT16 or later.
FAT32 has its own limits, and you should consider that particular
implementations will also have extra limits, especially on embedded
devices.
--
Henrique Holschuh
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