I Googled "ext3 file system limitations" http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=122241 I've read that ext3 was the basis for ext3 so this should be close <quote> The ext2 inode specification allows for over 100 trillion files to reside in a single directory, however because of the current linked-list directory implementation, only about 10-15 thousand files can realistically be stored in a single directory. </quote> Sam. Quoting Tom Penney <tpenney at gmail.com>: > What Is the limit to the number of files that can be stored in one > directory on an ext3 file system? > > -- > Tom Penney _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list