Re: ext2 max directories?

Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
19 Nov 1999 00:14:59 +0100


In article <cistron.38348670.3DC0952A@audiohighway.com>,
Shane Clements <shane@audiohighway.com> wrote:
> I have run out of directories on a server. there are 31998
>directories. Is there another filesystem I could use? Thanks!

You've probably simply run out of inodes. Do a "df -i". If so,
read the manpage for mke2fs, pay attention to the "-i" option, and
create a filesystem with a smaller bytes-per-inode ratio.

This is pretty universal across Unix filesystems.

Mike.

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