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From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Huge directories
Keywords: Huge directories
Message-ID: <515@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 26 Nov 88 05:39:25 GMT
References: <706@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>Do I have to compress the directory in some way

Probably.  The message appears (at least in the S5R3 source) to be
advisory; it doesn't prevent "du" from continuing to work.

>and if so how do I go about doing this ??

1) Make sure nothing is running that could create new files in the
   directory.

2) Make a new directory in the same parent directory as the directory
   in question.

3) Move all the files from the directory in question into the new
   directory.

4) Remove the now-empty directory in question.

5) Rename the new directory to have the same name as the just-removed
   directory.