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From: m5@lynx.uucp (Mike McNally)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Directory compression
Keywords: 4.3BSD
Message-ID: <7913@lynx.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 90 23:03:16 GMT
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Organization: Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., Campbell CA
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Does 4.3BSD (or anything else) dynamically compress directories when
entries are removed?  If so, how does the system deal with
consistency?  Like if I'm reading while something else is unlinking and
the directory is being compressed, how does the world go on living?
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Mike McNally                                    Lynx Real-Time Systems
uucp: {voder,daver}!lynx!m5                     phone: 408 370 2233

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