Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory

From	rhkramer@gmail.com
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Subject	Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory
Date	2016-12-08 22:00 +0100
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On Thursday, December 08, 2016 12:49:42 PM Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2016, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:

...

> Ugh. Well, for FAT32, "it depends" on the implementation, but it is not
> unlimited.
> 
> Even for FAT12/16, the number of entries in the root directory region
> could be changed at filesystem creation time (within some limits).
> OTOH, when you use VFAT on top, it can consume more than one "directory
> entry" per file...
> 
> So you never know for sure with FAT12/16/32 + VFAT ;-)
> 
> Here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system
> 
> > The limit might have existed in FAT12 as well (or some similar limit),
> > but as I recall it was in FAT16 or later.
> 
> FAT32 has its own limits, and you should consider that particular
> implementations will also have extra limits, especially on embedded
> devices.

Thanks very much to all who replied!

The intended use is on an embedded device (old photo frame) for which we don't 
have the manual, I guess we'll find out when we hit the limit...

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OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-12-08 13:50 +0100
  Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-12-08 15:40 +0100
  Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-12-08 19:00 +0100
    Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-12-08 22:00 +0100

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