Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:48:57 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about reported directory size Message-ID: <16924.53273.976183.682657@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20050223182439.GI253@dan.emsphone.com> References: <16924.50632.444541.28202@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20050223182439.GI253@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson writes: > A directory is only truncated on the first file create after a > delete; this optimizes the common rm -rf case. Touch a dummy > file in there and check the size again. "Who was that masked man?" "I don't know, but he left this silver bullet." Thanks. Robert Huff
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