RaFS

raFS
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Maintained by:	{{{maintainer}}}
Description:	raFS allows users of RISC OS 3.71 and below to have as many files in a single directory as they wish, which they cannot do without raFS, or some other similar application. For reasons given in the notes, machines less than about five years old are very unlikely to need it.
OS Restrictions:	Not 32-bit compatible
Languages:	{{{languages}}}
Alternatives:	ArcFS, SparkFS, X-Files, other image filing systems
Website:	http://atterer.net/riscos.html

Historical Notes

RISC OS has had long filename support since the release of RISC OS 4 in 1999, so this utility would only be needed to read ancient data saved on old-format disks (E or F format or earlier) under RISC OS versions 3.71 and earlier.

Note that if RISC OS 3.1 is being run under VirtualAcorn, it is not affected by the infamous 77-file-per-directory limit. VirtualAcorn uses HostFS and thus supports long file names and unlimited files per directory.

The X-Files application page contains a discussion of the different long filename storage philosophies between LongFiles, raFS and X-Files.