Number of Files in a Folder Limit?!
I have a 600 GB external hard drive and odd things have been happening lately and only to one noticable folder.
I have one very large folder with SEVERAL hundred files in one single folder. Until just this past week, I have had no problem.
However, all of a sudden the files are missing when I use finder to navigate to that folder. The first 30 usually appear or none at all. I try to do a Repair Disk and cannot, tells me there's an error.
I reboot and the files are there until I add another file and then they're missing again.
Another odd thing, if I use Spotlight, I can account for the files, and find them but not in Finder.
So...is there a limit to how many files I can have in ONE single direcory?? I am going to try to move the files out into smaller directories until then but wanted help/advice/explaination of what could be the problem.
Christopher Powers
p.s. These are NOT files related to iTunes.
It looks like you have a problem with your HD. Use Disk Utilities or DiskWarrior to check your disk.
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please someone guide as to how to find number of files in a folder using pl/sql
RegardsThe Java option works well.
-- results table that will contain a file list result
create global temporary table directory_list
directory varchar2(1000),
filename varchar2(1000)
on commit preserve rows
-- allowing public access to this temp table
grant select, update, insert, delete on directory_list to public;
create or replace public synonym directory_list for directory_list;
-- creating the java proc that does the file listing
create or replace and compile java source named "ListFiles" as
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class ListFiles
public static void getList(String directory, String filter)
throws SQLException
File path = new File( directory );
final String ExpressionFilter = filter;
FilenameFilter fileFilter = new FilenameFilter() {
public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
if(name.equalsIgnoreCase(ExpressionFilter))
return true;
if(name.matches("." + ExpressionFilter))
return true;
return false;
String[] list = path.list(fileFilter);
String element;
for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
element = list;
#sql {
insert
into directory_list
( directory, filename )
values
( :directory, :element )
-- creating the PL/SQL wrapper for the java proc
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as language java
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-- systems from inside the Oracle JVM (these also allows executing command
-- line and external programs)
-- NOTE: this hole MUST be secured using proper Oracle security (e.g. AUTHID
-- DEFINER PL/SQL code that is trusted)
declare
SCHEMA varchar2(30) := USER;
begin
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.io.FilePermission',
'<<ALL FILES>>',
'execute, read, write, delete'
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission',
'writeFileDescriptor',
dbms_java.grant_permission(
SCHEMA,
'SYS:java.lang.RuntimePermission',
'readFileDescriptor',
commit;
end;
To use:
SQL> exec ListFiles('/tmp', '*.log' );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from directory_list;
DIRECTORY FILENAME
/tmp X11_newfonts.log
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/tmp dtappint.log
/tmp Core.sd-log
/tmp core_intg.sd-log
/tmp da.sd-log
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12 rows selected.
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Choose a set number of files in a folder?
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Camelot wrote:
I don't see the need to select a set number of files in the folder.
From your description it sounds like you want to process them all anyway, it's just that your existing (manual-select) workflow works by selecting a few at a time.
What's wrong with the script identifying all files and processing them all in one loop?
Because my workflow (at the moment) opens all the files at once, & then converts them. So it would open nearly 500 Illustrator files in one go rather then opening a few of them, or opening them 1 at a time. I'm pretty sure it would choke my system opening up 500 files (not particularly small files either). -
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I used a file recovery software called FileSalvage to save some files of an external 300GB with a corrupted disk directory (unable to repair with the usual repair/recovery programs).
FileSalvage recovered about 435,000 files and sorted them by extension in individual folders, unfortunately it does not recognize the file names and just sequentially names the files per extension.
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Running Disk Utility on the drives with the recovered FileSalvage folders showed a corrupted directory (invalid file count) and unable to repair, although I could copy most of the folders of the disk (deleted the folders with more than 10,000 files per folder).
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Is there some kind of preference I can set in Mountain Lion to be able to see the 'number' of files in a given folder?
All ears,
BenThank you Kurt,
You're an ace.
Much appreciated.
Ben -
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Does anyone know of an obscure package in Oracle that I could use?
I'm using 9i in a W2K environment.
Many thanks
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following a java based solution i found somewhere on Tom Kyte's AskTom forum.
GRANT JAVAUSERPRIV to TESTUSER;
dbms_java.grant_permission( 'TESTUSER', 'SYS:java.io.FilePermission', 'c:\', 'read' );
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( filename varchar2(255) )
on commit delete rows
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as
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
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String element;
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as language java
name 'DirList.getList( java.lang.String )';
exec get_dir_list( 'c:\temp' );
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end if
end repeat
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How to count number of files in a folder?
The folder "_Current Assets" has 16 .wav files and nothing else. I'd like Applescript to get this number.
Below, the code that changed between trials is in bold
*Code tried:*
_Trial 1:_
set theFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:dannykalman:Desktop:_Current Assets"
set numberOfAudioFiles to count of files in theFolder
display dialog numberOfAudioFiles
dialog says: 0
_Trial 2:_
set theFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:dannykalman:Desktop:_Current Assets"
set numberOfAudioFiles to count of items in theFolder
display dialog numberOfAudioFiles
dialog says: 56
_Trial 3:_
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display dialog numberOfAudioFiles
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Thanks
Usman Shaheen MCTS BizTalk Server http://usmanshaheen.wordpress.comThe theoretical limit is the NTFS volume limit. This is provided in the below article.
NTFS Physical Structure
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To find total number of files inside folder
Hai,
In knowledge management is there any option to find total number of files inside folder...
I also want to see the recently uploaded and modified documents in a seperate iview...
Iam using NW2004s SP8..
Very urgent..
Waiting for a positive reply..
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Kiruthika.SHi Kiruthika,
1. You only need the configarchive if you don't want create all the KM configuration objects mentioned in the guide manually. So, just create the objects mentioned there and you don't need the configarchive
Also, the scenario works also on 2004s.
2. Please check this thread on how to show the total number of files inside a folder:
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Hello,
Is there any way to get number of files in a folder using javascript?.
I am going to locate the folder and then i want to create a script that will give number of files in that folder.
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--Avi> Is there any way to get number of files in a folder using javascript?.
There are a couple of different ways. Here's the most concise I can think of:
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and Folder objects.
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Why does OS X Finder recognize a folder as a file when it counts the number of files?
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This is not a big problem if there is no hierarchical structure in my folder. But, if I have thousands of files and folders inside, it is really hard to figure out how many files(not folders) are inside. I cannot understand why Mac OS X counts a folder as a file. In fact, a folder is not an actual file, just a container.
So, is there any philosophy to do like this? Or is there any way to count only the number of actual files?Sorry byron1st
there is no way to count only files in a folder.
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Information about a folder will count the same.
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Type command+# to see the footer of the window, that counts (hopefully) only the closed subfolders (content) in the open folder.
Remember the amount.
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Hi
Is it possible by use of standard functionality to add number of files in a folder?
I was thinking of a solution like this: [icon] [foldername] (number of files) --> "My work (23)
Another question to the folder part I have 4 separate folder that contains folders inside; I need to create an alphabetic list of all the content from the four folders. Is this possible by use of standard portal functionality?
Kind regards
John StubbeHello John,
Yes, this is possible. The standard provides the property rnd:childcount (see Property Metadata Service -> Properties). In order to make it visible in a navigation iview add this property to the parameter Displayed Properties where you would like to see it. A new column will be shown if you use "...,rnd:childcount,...". if you use "...+rnd:childcount,..." the value is added directly to the previous displayed property.
Moreover you need to specify design of the child count property in the Resource Renderer. The parameter Mode For Child Count allows you to choose what exactly is counted, e.g. only folders, only files, etc.
Kind regards,
Roland
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