I appologize for the slightly OT nature of the e-mail. But I figure this is a good place to ask, since there is alot of filesystems experts in this list. I am curious exactly what the file size for
Author: Federico Sevilla III <jijo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 05:47:22 +0800 (PHT)
And I think I can help make this more on-topic by asking: Why does the size of this number vary not only with the directory, but with the filesystem as well? In particular on XFS, what dictates the s
A directory entry contains the name of the file, and the inode number - which is 8 bytes on XFS. A small XFS directory lives within the inode, and the size you see is the amount of space in the inod
Author: Federico Sevilla III <jijo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:38:18 +0800 (PHT)
Wow. Nice comprehensive answer, and one that I believe can be understood by most would-be (and current) XFS system administrators as well. Seth, maybe this can be added to the FAQ? Do you think it's