Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!dasys1!jpr
From: jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Program to remove fragmentation from Sys V disks
Summary: Try 'fsck -s' or 'fsck -S'
Keywords: Unix fragmentation fsck
Message-ID: <7406@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 88 22:18:52 GMT
References: <4901@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Reply-To: jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley)
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In article <4901@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us
(Jon Zeeff) writes:
>I'm looking for some code that can be run on an unmounted Sys V file system
>to remove fragmentation.

Is there any reason why either the '-s' or the '-S' option of 'fsck(8)'
wouldn't do what you want?

Some persons advocate regular use of 'fsck -S' as a prophylactic measure
to reorganize the inode free-list.
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