Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:08:29 +0200 (MESZ) | From | Raoul Boenisch <> | Subject | Re: why is the size of a directory always 1024b ? |
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, MURALI N wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, David S. Miller wrote: > > : I want to know if there is any significant reason why the > : size of each directory ( ext2fs) is reported as 1024b ( or a > : multiple of 1024). > : > :Because this is the "block size" of the filesystem, the directory > :space is allocated in units of this. > > Why is it then that SunOS does not follow the same allocation > procedure? see the attachment for a dir listing.
It's not neccessary for compatibility and other important things that the dir command counts directory space in the same way. It's a question of personal taste wether you want to see the actual space used or the actual space occupied by a directory entry. In any case the space is allocated in blocks, so even on SunOS a directory is allocated in blocks of special size.
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