5. In CP/M, what is the limit (if there is one) to: (a) the size of a file name?
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Question
5. In CP/M, what is the limit (if there is one) to: (a) the size of a file name? (b) the maximum number of files on a disk? (c) the maximum size of a file? (d) for those limits that exist, why do these limits exist?
6. When one buys a new Apple MAC, it comes with a software DVD player. Is that player a device, part of the kernel, a driver, or something else (what)?
7. (a) In your assignment when you do a “readdir()”, which directory is read (can you specify which)? (b) What is read (the file contents, devices, entire directory, something else-what)?
Explanation / Answer
5.
a) 1 KB file block are allocated in 1 kb (8 sector) to avoid making
directory too large
b) 64 it's depend on the block size its use
c) 16KB because it contain 16 block of 1 kb so the maximum size of the
file is 16 kb
d) these limit might exceed 16 kb so hatch was built around 16 kb limit