From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 29 15:38:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A77F816A421 for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:38:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70FCE13C45B for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:38:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from Lowell-Desk.lan (Lowell-Desk.lan [172.30.250.6]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8CD28444; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:38:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by Lowell-Desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id DE9871CC44; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:38:51 -0400 (EDT) To: Modulok References: <64c038660709281127j1df4835bxcbfe4495600fd6d7@mail.gmail.com> <20070928201528.GB62033@dan.emsphone.com> <64c038660709290800q331e15bel26273dc14587ce0e@mail.gmail.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:38:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <64c038660709290800q331e15bel26273dc14587ce0e@mail.gmail.com> (modulok@gmail.com's message of "Sat\, 29 Sep 2007 09\:00\:41 -0600") Message-ID: <44myv5h46s.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Dan Nelson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File size discrepancies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:38:55 -0000 Modulok writes: > So, the size of a directory itself can differ when the contents is > identical? This is news to me. If you delete files from a directory, the storage used for the directory entries is not freed.