Date   : Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:29:25 +0100 (BST)
From   : Brian Widdas <brian@...>
Subject: Re: DFS basics

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Andrew W wrote:

> I wondered if anybody could remind me of a DFS basic. How many files per
> directory are allowed?

There aren't any directories as such. Standard DFS allows you 31 files per
disk (or, rather, per side-of-disk, if you have a double-sided drive).

The directories are really just single character prefixes to the
filenames. Normally, it's $ (eg, $.!BOOT, $.FILE), but can be something
else, eg A.FILE, B.FILE, C.FILE

Various other DFSes allowed more files per side-of-disk. I think the
Watford one, for example, allowed you to have 62.

Brian
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