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Re: ITP: netpbm
At 04:03 PM 4/26/2002, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>As for the # of executables in the /bin directory, isn't there a limit
>to the number of files and/or directory entries in any one directory on
>win32?
I remember something vague about the number of entries in a directory on
FAT (not FAT32) partitions but I'm not sure whether it applies to files,
directories, or both (probably both). Depending on what the restriction
is, this may be a good argument for being cautious of putting too much
stuff in bin. Anybody remember more about this FAT limitation?
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