Max Files in a Directory

[RRunner]

Is there a max number of files that should not be exceeded within a single directory for the Amiga OS 2.x or 3.x? Does the OS start to choke once it gets above a certain file count?

[rkauer]

Nope, there isn't (maybe I'm wrong, like allways...).:roll:

 But there is an undocummented bug in FFS: if you have a unvalidated partition WITH the archive IS over the 5th "sub-drawer", you can't revalidated the whole partition (fix will took forever).:-o

[RRunner]

Yea, I think I ran into that bug. My FFS drive is unvalidated and it won't re-validate. I think the drive is failing too. Any sustained disk activity (long sequential read or scan of the drive) will cause the drive to lock up.

I am trying to copy the data off of this drive as I type this and every time I try to copy data from a directory that has a sub-directory containing 100 or more files, the copy slows down to a crawl. I end up aborting the copy, moving down into the sub-directory and copying the files in smaller batches. Pain in the behind but it is working. Taking me forever though.

[stopthegop]

Thats strange.  I have never seen this problem before.  Some directories are nested 40-50 levels with thousands of files in some.  I use SFS though, not FFS.  Not sure if this makes a difference.