unix question: files per directory

[Bob Lenk]

>>How many files can there be in a single UNIX directory ....
>	return pathconf(dirpath, _PC_LINK_MAX);

This will tell you how many links you can make *to* dirpath, not how
many links you can make *in* dirpath.  There might be a tangential
relationship to the number of subdirectories you can make in dirpath,
but don't even count on that.

		Bob Lenk
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