>>>>> "MT" == Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> writes:
MT> For example the 'EAPI' file MT> that contains a single character will consume a 4K block on disk. the sort of filesystes one expects to be used for /var all store short files either directly in the inode or in the directory entry¹. that said, Fabian’s suggestion of tar(1)ing those files sounds like a winner. a number of tools and editors allow r/w access to tar(5) files, including to the individual files therein. 1] or at least unix/linux filesystems all used too.... -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6