Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:03:22 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Directory entries won't shrink Message-ID: <61350.1003421002@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:56:56 EST." <20011018105656.B97943@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:56:56 EST, Dan Nelson wrote: > > Okay, so if this is a split spool directory for an MTA, I'm screwed. :-) > > Just wait for the files to get delivered (or bounce) and the directory > will shrink. What makes you say that? The directory is /var/spool/exim-mailman/input It contains 64 entries (excluding . and ..), each being the name of another directory. Touching a file in this directory iand then syncing does not cause it to shrink. Which makes sense, since you said the directory will never shrink if the last block is occupied by a used entry. So to shrink this directory, I have to shut down the entire mail system, move the 64 entries into a new directory and replace the existing directory with the new one. This comes as quite a surprise. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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