Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:41:25 -0400 From: Jason DiCioccio <jd@ods.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question regarding reported directory sizes. Message-ID: <A4758F237E80785AEBADF883@[10.102.0.67]>
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I know this question may seem silly.. However, here's my scenario. I have a very large directory (say, a mail spool) whose directory entry is approx 606K.. drwx------ 5 cyrus cyrus 606208 May 25 10:29 . Now.. That directory had a lot of files in it. However, after deleting all of the files in that directory, the directory entry's size stays the same. I realize this is fairly unimportant, however is there a way to 'garbage collect' that directory entry and all others like it? Thanks! Jason DiCioccio
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