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Re: ProDOS Directory

Subject: Re: ProDOS Directory
From: david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)
Date: 5 Nov 2002 12:21:42 +1100
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: University of Wollongong
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"Charles Claypoole" <Charles.Claypoole@p0.f114.n117.z1.fidonet.org> writes:
>What is the max number of files that can be in a prodos directory?

It depends :-).

a) 12 in root directory for /RAM on 128K //e //c or //gs
b) 51 in root directory for all other standard ProDOS volumes
c) limited only by disk space for sub-directories

The first two are limited by 1 and 4 block fixed length directories
and can be worked around if you hack a disk sufficiently (or write your
own disk formatter) but many programs will be confused by larger root
directories.
--
David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia

References:
- ProDOS Directory
  - From: "Charles Claypoole" <Charles.Claypoole@p0.f114.n117.z1.fidonet.org>

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