Re: Question regarding reported directory sizes.

2004-05-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (May 25), Jason DiCioccio said: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In the last episode (May 25), Jason DiCioccio said: > >>I have a very large directory (say, a mail spool) whose directory entry > >>is approx 606K.. > >>drwx-- 5 cyrus cyrus 606208 May 25 10:29 . > >> > >>No

Re: Question regarding reported directory sizes.

2004-05-25 Thread Jason DiCioccio
Thanks Dan.. However, this does not appear to be happening... I could of course create a new directory and move everything into it as was suggested earlier. However, this is more of a curiosity thing than anything.. I'm wondering if at any point the entry does become truncated, because it ha

Re: Question regarding reported directory sizes.

2004-05-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (May 25), Jason DiCioccio said: > I know this question may seem silly.. However, here's my scenario. > > I have a very large directory (say, a mail spool) whose directory entry is > approx 606K.. > drwx-- 5 cyrus cyrus 606208 May 25 10:29 . > Now.. That directory had a

Re: Question regarding reported directory sizes.

2004-05-25 Thread Cordula's Web
> I have a very large directory (say, a mail spool) whose directory entry is > approx 606K.. > drwx-- 5 cyrus cyrus 606208 May 25 10:29 . > Now.. That directory had a lot of files in it. However, after deleting all > of the files in that directory, the directory entry's size stays the sam

Question regarding reported directory sizes.

2004-05-25 Thread Jason DiCioccio
I know this question may seem silly.. However, here's my scenario. I have a very large directory (say, a mail spool) whose directory entry is approx 606K.. drwx-- 5 cyrus cyrus 606208 May 25 10:29 . Now.. That directory had a lot of files in it. However, after deleting all of the files i