On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 09:12:28PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:32:37PM -0500, Sonny Rao wrote:
>
> > Does this mean that it is possible to write a utility to shrink XFS
> > volumes?
>
> this is really becoming a FAQ..
>
> it's possible but difficult and ideally will require some kernel
> help. it would also have some restrictions on what could be done
Yeah, my apologies if this question has been answered before, but as
you point out, this is something that is desired by a great many
people. Far be it for me to pertend I understand all of the issues
involved, but as a project I'd find it an interesting one to at least
work on. Maybe just a "simpler" off-line version would be easier to
write, and wouldn't require kernel changes?
Sonny
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