Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!coherent!mrspoc!kayvan From: kayvan@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kayvan Sylvan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Xenix filesystem fragmentation Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 06:20:06 GMT References: <359@mplex.UUCP> <1989Oct17.220113.26103@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Sender: kayvan@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kayvan Sylvan) Distribution: na Organization: Transact Software, Inc. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM's message of 17 Oct 89 22:01:13 GMT >>>>> "Karl" == Karl Denninger writes: Karl> In article <359@mplex.UUCP> fff@mplex.UUCP (Fred Fierling) writes: >Does anyone know of program that will defragment a Xenix filesystem? > >Is it true that rm'ing all files in a filesystem and then restoring them >will defragment a filesystem? Karl> I have taken the recently-posted PACKDISK program, mangled it Karl> slightly, and made it work fantastically for SCO XENIX V/386 2.3 Karl> It makes a BIG difference. From 65% fragmented to 1.2% Karl> typically. Not bad. If someone gets Karl's version of PACKDISK who has anonymous UUCP set up on their machine or who has internet (ftp) access, please make this available to the rest of us?? Thanks! ---Kayvan -- Kayvan Sylvan @ Transact Software, Inc. -*- Los Altos, CA (415) 961-6112 Internet: kayvan@Transact.COM -*- UUCP: ...!{apple,pyramid,mips}!mrspoc!kayvan = Interested in story telling group? Mail yarn-spinners-request@transact.com =