Hi Guys,

On Sunday 20 November 2016 17:42:26 E. Liddell wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:38:26 +0000
>
> Baron <baron@...> wrote:
> > Quick question. 32 Bit LinuxOS, Trinity 14.0.
> > Is there a limit to directory depth ? if so what is it.
>
> I believe the limit is the length of the path in bytes, which will
> vary according to what filesystem you're using, how your kernel is
> configured, etc.
>
> What documentation I can find suggests 4096 bytes is often set as
> the limit. So if you haven't done any special setup and you're
> using single-character directory names on ext4 or similar, that's a
> bit more than 2000 levels of nesting, although you might run out of
> inodes or something first.  Using sane directory names will give
> you less depth: 7 characters -> ~500 levels.
>
> There is one exception to this:  the filesystem normally used for
> data CDs seems to have a hard-coded limit of eight directory levels
> regardless of path length.
>
> E. Liddell

I think this nails it !  I've been trying to backup a directory to a 
DVD and whilst the path gets copied the directory is empty and 
nothing gets recorded in it.  Net result a DVD with an empty 
directory tree.

Thanks both, your quick replies are appreciated.
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Best Regards:
            Baron