Re: lost+found

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

> Thanks,
> 
> If a xfs Filesystem is 100% full, is it posible for xfs_repair to build a
> temp lost+found ?
> Repair is wunderfull, if i have a power interrupt...!!
> 
> regards,
> thomas
> 

Well, since lost+found is relinking existing files from elsewhere which
have become disconnected it potentially does not consume any space at
all, presuming that:

 o there is room in the root directory for one extra entry without adding
   a new disk block.

 o there is a spare inode somewhere - remember these are allocated in
   chunks and never freed, so chances are good.

 o All the lost+found entries fit in the directory inode.

But even if all of these fail, 4 disk blocks is probably all it
takes at maximum, maybe more if there are lots of entries to
recover.

So it depends on your definition of full.

Steve