unix question: files per directory

[David Goodenough]

>From article <8420 at xanth.cs.odu.edu>, by kremer at cs.odu.edu (Lloyd Kremer):
> In article <16839 at mimsy.UUCP> chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>>The maximum size is the same as for files, namely 2^31 - 1 (2147483647)
>>bytes.  (This is due to the use of a signed 32 bit integer for off_t.
> 
> Why was it decided that off_t should be signed?

I'd imagine an unsigned off_t would make seeking backwards along a file a
bit messy.

Comments Chris??
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