Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:20:49 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: dmp@pantherdragon.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inode quotas? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011004221751.02f2cbf8@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <3BBD1700.CC293418@pantherdragon.org> References: <SEN.1002225782.408567770@news.sentex.net> <gu0qrtgfkseujo8um191iklm2e9ep8jibt@4ax.com>
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At 07:12 PM 10/4/2001 -0700, dmp@pantherdragon.org wrote:
> > Each file is referenced by a unique inode on the file system.
>
>In other words, an inode quota sets the maximum number of files a
>user can have on a filesystem?
Yes
>Does a directory also have an inode?
Yes
>Other than doing df -i and a bit of math, is there a way to determine
>the total number of inodes for a given filesystem? Is there a way to
>calculate/configure it before doing newfs, in case one needs to tailor
>a filesystem to handle X number of files?
Yes, see the man pages for newfs and/or documentation about ufs in general.
---Mike
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