max file count exfs2

[Horst von Brand]

"Gavin M. Roy" <gmr en nextpath.com> said:
> Does anyone know the max file count per directory for exfs2?  I browsed
> through the source, but I didn't see any max's defined.

Essentially limited only by free space on disk.

>                                                         I have a
> project converting one text blob field in a db to individual files, and
> expect to need at least 1K files per directory.  Any help is
> appreciated.

Bad idea. ext2 does a sequential scan of the directory when looking for a
file, so this will blow up on you. Organize your files in a tree of
directories (f.ex. by first character in name, or some hash function).
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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand en sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile                               +56 32 672616

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