DIR Command on a NetWare Directory Results in "File Not Found"
Article ID: 154701
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q154701
SYMPTOMS
When performing a DIR command, you may receive a "File not found" error
message if the NetWare server directory contains a very large number of
files.
CAUSE
After typing the DIR command, the sequence of events that causes this error
is:
- The server message block (SMB) client requests the directory information
from the SMB server.
- The SMB server requests files from the NetWare server. Sometimes the SMB
server must rewind the DIR search for the SMB client.
- Since the NetWare server does not support this rewind, the SMB server
does a brute force rewind starting from file 0 (zero).
- After the server gets down to about the 2000th file, this unwind takes
so long that the SMB client times out.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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