On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Nigel Metheringham wrote: | They should be sparse files - they do not take that much space on disk | (basically the files have holes in them). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file | | Try using "ls -s" (shows blocks used) or "du -h *.pag" to see the real | size.
Sparse files indeed - a machine here has one with file "length" 2.3GB but only 17MB used in reality. > ls -l wait-remote_smtp.pag -rw-r----- 1 exim staff 2308278272 Nov 1 16:40 wait-remote_smtp.pag > du -k wait-remote_smtp.pag 16904 wait-remote_smtp.pag -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
