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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