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From: iv@hal6000.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix filesystem fragmentation
Message-ID: <-1087510@hal6000>
Date: 18 Oct 89 20:37:00 GMT
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Nf-From: hal6000.UUCP!iv    Oct 18 15:37:00 1989


/---- Written  7:37 pm  Oct 16, 1989 by mplex!fff in comp.unix.xenix ----------
|	           "Xenix filesystem fragmentation"
|  Is it true that rm'ing all files in a filesystem and then restoring them
|  will defragment a filesystem?

Well, actually, if you:

	0> save all files,
	1> rm all files,
	2> fsck -S,
	3> restore

it will, but for all that work you might as well dump / mkfs / restor 
the filesystem, which will achieve the same effect and be faster with
fewer steps too.

Besides, if you use tar to save / restore the files with, you will lose
all your directory permissions!

|  Fred Fierling   uunet!van-bc!mplex!fff  Tel: 604 875-1461  Fax: 604 875-9029
|  Microplex Systems Ltd, 265 East 1st Avenue Vancouver, BC, V5T 1A7, Canada
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