Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 1999 16:24:22 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: why is the size of a directory always 1024b ? |
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Hi Ted.
>>> Actually, it isn't - it is deliberately 12 BLOCKS. True, this >>> is 12k on a 1k block filesystem, but it is 48k on a 4k block >>> filesystem. I'm not sure whether this was intentional or a bug >>> in the mklost+found code.
>> It was deliberately chosen to be 12 blocks, but arguably 48k is >> more space than is really necessary. Probably not a disaster in >> the grand scheme of things, but I will think about changing this >> in future revisions of mke2fs.
> Probably a more sensible rule would be to say 16k or 1 block, > whichever is smaller. Note that on 8k file systems, 12k is not > an integral number of blocks, but 16k is, hence the change.
I did of course mean "whichever is LARGER" (8-Z)
Best wishes from Riley.
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