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Re: ProDOS Directory

In article <1fl99cb.162dxw9xd03neN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
>> Subdirs do have a finite limit, but it is rather large.  13 entries/block
>> and a subdir can grow from seedling to sapling and I presume tree file.
>
>Nope.  Subdirectories don't use the seedling/sapling/tree model - they
>are a separate storage type, and are implemented as a simple linked
>list.
>

Excellent information, David.  I stand corrected.  Thanks!  I also don't
know why I couldn't keep blocks (.5K, 512 bytes) separate from kilobytes
(1K, 1024 bytes).  Duh ...  ;-)

  --Steve


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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)