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[–] if_only@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

File system. There's no reason a file system couldn't increase this limit but there's little reason to for most users. Not sure who the hypothetical user would be that needs a higher limit.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Accountants, for one thing:) "Report this that company those and those things from day x to day y".xlsx Drown in similarly named directories ten levels deep

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Windows, which I imagine is used by most accountants, has 260char limit for file paths

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

That's an Application limit however. Leading to you being able to put files where they can no longer be worked with in a meaningful fashion (e.g. easily deleted).