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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!stdio!stargate.stdio.com!risner From: risner@stdio.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD auto directory shrink? Date: 10 Jun 1997 09:24:55 -0400 Organization: Open World Lines: 8 Message-ID: <5njkj7$e8$1@stargate.stdio.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stargate.stdio.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970527; i386 FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42688 I read that in 4.4 code, directories would automatically shrink during a file creation if they contained excess slack of unused slots. Is this no longer valid? Was this never integrated? I had a 6 meg directory with no files and created a single file. It did not go away... Risner