Why does the error "mkdir: cannot create directory: Too many links" come, while trying to create sub-directories in a directory ?
Issue
- Unable to create new directories in a particular directory after creating '31998' directories.
- Facing the error below while creating directories.
mkdir: cannot create directory: Too many links
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- EXT3 Filesystem
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