Max # of files/dirs under Linux?

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:17:33 EST
Bill Freeman said:

>bscott at ntisys.com writes:
> >   Maximum number of files in a single directory = Unlimited
> >   Maximum number of subdirectories in a single directory = 32768
>
>	But a subdirectory is a file.  (At least it was on good/bad
>old UFS.)  Why should there be a limit on subdirectories in a
>directory if there's none on files?

Dunno. Maybe because directories take up more than one inode? 
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